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.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

I begin with an interest in a relationship, a situation, a character.

It's a no-win argument - that business of what we're born with and what our environment does to us. And it's a boring argument, because it simplifies the mysteries that attend both our birth and our growth.

Good habits are worth being fanatical about.

It is your responsibility to find fault with me, it is mine to hear you out. But don't expect me to change.

And never forget, there is memory.