Novelists never have to footnote.

Not every novel that wants to be a tragedy gets to be one.

As soon as you bring up money, I notice, conversation gets sociological, then political, then moral.

Novelists never have to footnote.

The essence of charity ... was not deciding what others needed and giving it to them, but giving them what they wanted.

There are several methods for introducing your children to driving, and all of them are bad. Probably the worst is to put it off.

I have noticed before that there is a category of acquaintanceship that is not friendship or business or romance, but speculation, fascination.