I'd rather get a brain tumor than go back to teaching.

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

The world that used to nurse us now keeps shouting inane instructions. That's why I ran to the woods.

The simple act of opening a bottle of wine has brought more happiness to the human race than all the collective governments in the history of earth

Because most writers have totally unrealistic concepts of how publishing works.

Death steals everything except our stories.

So when I made some money, I didn't have any idea how one handled such a situation because no one in our family ever had any money.