The fact is that the same sequence of days can arrange themselves into a number of different stories.

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

Mom was a smoker. My grandfather was a smoker. My aunts were smokers. My uncles were smokers. I don't know any smokers now, not even my mom.

Is human nature basically good or evil? No economist can embark upon his profession without considering this question, and yet they all seem to. And they all seem to think human nature is basically good, or they wouldn't be surprised by the effects of deregulation.

Writing novels is an essentially amateur activity.

The fact is that the same sequence of days can arrange themselves into a number of different stories.

I suspected that there were things he knew that I had been waiting all my life to learn.