Keep passing the open windows.

It is an important distinction to note that she looked not only as if she had taken good care of herself, but that she had good reason to have done so. (...) She looked to be in such total possession of her life that only the most confident men could continue to look at her if she looked back at them. Even in bus stations, she was a woman who was stared at only until she looked back.

It is much easier to be flexible about where a story begins than it ever was for me to change my mind about where and how a story ended.

The object of war is to survive it.

Life forces enough final decisions on us. We should have the sense to avoid as many of the unnecessary ones as we can.

Just because you're sober, don't think you're a good driver, Cookie.

I am compulsive about writing, I need to do it the way I need sleep and exercise and food and sex; I can go without it for a while, but then I need it.