We set this house on fire forgetting that we live within.

I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my novels people both act and think. I got a kick out of that.

Every day I wonder how many things I am dead wrong about. -- True North

Marriage is survived just on the basis of ordinary etiquette, day in and day out. Also cooking together helps a lot.

Yeah, but now suddenly - you know, universities are notoriously market oriented, too.

The wilderness does not make you forget your normal life so much as it removes the distractions for proper remembering.

The days are stacked against what we think we are.