To marry the Irish is to look for poverty.
See all the women seated, youth in their face lifts, old age in their hands.
The purpose of writing is to make your mother and father drop dead with shame.
The best book of the year, Grobel's writing is quite marvelous. The Hustons reads vividly, just like one of John Huston's great films.
Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.
If you're going to love somebody, love somebody who needs it.