They all settled into being the kind of friends when they heard from each other.... or when they occasionally got together. And when they were not in touch, they did not think of one another.

Death, it seems," Garp wrote, "does not like to wait until we are prepared for it. Death is indulgent and enjoys, when it can, a flair for the dramatic.

How we love to love things for other people; how we love to have other people love things through our eyes.

The ability to see the future can be a burden, and the younger you are and the more isolated you feel, maybe the more of a burden it is.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn't behave that way you would never do anything.

Gender mattered a whole lot less to Shakespeare than it seems to matter to us.