With preference came point of view; with point of view, personality; with personality, uniqueness; with uniqueness, grief.

We sort of read two or three big newspapers but we don't get the flavor of the local events, the local news as much.

There can never be such a thing as a free market, because it is human nature to cheat, monopolize, and buy off others so as to corner the market.

I discovered that the horse is life itself, a metaphor but also an example of life's mystery and unpredictability, of life's generosity and beauty, a worthy object of repeated and ever changing contemplation.

The desire to write a novel is the single required prerequisite for writing a novel.

I was an only child. I've known only children. From this experience, I do believe that the children should outnumber the parents.

If there's anything Trollope novels always take seriously, it is money - how it flows from one character to another, how it is managed, who has it, who deserves it, and what it means to a character, male or female.