you know that the urge for revenge is a fact of marital life.

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.

I love to write about sex. You just have to make it idiosyncratic. You have to have a strong comprehension of your characters, and write it from their point of view. It's really fun. It's not erotic.

you know that the urge for revenge is a fact of marital life.

A novelist is on the cusp between someone who knows everything and someone who knows nothing.

You cannot be an egomaniac on the horse. If you lose your temper and start beating him, either you will destroy him, or he will destroy you. As soon as you start riding horses seriously, you're being disciplined on a daily basis about how ignorant you are and what there is left for you to learn.

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