Most novelists I know went through a period of intense self-examination and self-loathing after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. I certainly did.

My former wife is a very eccentric woman, which is why I still love her.

The only thing worse for smoking than drinking is quitting drinking. Because then it's the only thing you can do.

There is a shabby nobility in failing all by yourself.

It's the cynics who never get married.

Love is the eternal quest: almost everyone wants to love and be loved.

I'd like to have the kind of house someday where a carousel horse wouldn't be out of place in the living room.