A horse herd was, in its very essence, the manifestation of the expression 'It's always something.

English majors understand human nature better than economists do.

I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill it with noise or chaos and satisfying busy pleasures.

I don't know - is everything the U.S. does a shocking embarrassment?

Candy is my fuel. Ice cream, too.

Before I write a novel, images float around in my head that work like icons - they are meaningless in themselves, but serve as reminders.

Ignorance is a self-generating state of mind; one of its characteristics is that it doesn't recognize itself as ignorance.