I thought some of the stories were neat; I liked some of the liturgy and some of the songs. If you're a writer you have some inclination to pay attention. I didn't just tune it out and think about baseball. So, it had an effect on me.

Keep passing the open windows.

And I don't want to begin something, I don't want to write that first sentence until all the important connections in the novel are known to me. As if the story has already taken place, and it's my responsibility to put it in the right order to tell it to you.

It was one of those ridiculous arrangements that couples make when they are separating, but before they are divorced - when they still imagine that children and property can be shared with more magnanimity than recrimination.

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

Lilly was not crazy. She left a serious suicide note. 'Sorry,' said the note. 'Just not big enough.

If you feel so strongly about what's on television, don't have one.