Writing novels is an essentially amateur activity.

Oh, that sound? I'm in the hot tub, reading a novel.

If to live is to progress, if you are lucky, from foolishness to wisdom, then to write novels is to broadcast the various stages of your foolishness.

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

I spent part of my college years in a Marxist commune. I was not a Marxist. I wasn't even pretending to be one. I was a Marxist-in-law.

My mom was paranoid about my safety.

People with good intentions never give up!