A bicultural upbringing is a rich but imperfect thing

Sexy means loving someone you donot know.

The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace.

Gogol is unaccustomed to this sort of talk at mealtimes, to the indulgent ritual of the lingering meal, and the pleasant aftermath of bottles and crumbs and empty glasses that clutter the table.

I would not send a first story anywhere. I would give myself time to write a number of stories.

I don't know why, but the older I get the more interested I get in my parents' marriage. And it's interesting to be married yourself, too, because there is an inevitable comparison.

The most compelling narrative, expressed in sentences with which I have no chemical reaction, or an adverse one, leaves me cold.