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.

Half my life is an act of revision; more than half the act is performed with small changes.

Whereas she wished more of the population were better educated, she also believed that education was largely wasted on the majority of the people she met.

There's nothing as scary as the future.

but writers, Garp knew, were just observers - good and ruthless imitators of human behavior.

Nothing moves at the Hotel New Hampshire! We're screwed down here-for life!

The arrangements that couples make in order to maintain civility in the midst of their journey to divorce are often most elaborate when the professed top priority is to protect a child.