We are formed by what we desire

And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone.

Don't forget this, too: Rumors aren't interested in the unsensational story; rumors don't care what's true.

If we live long enough, we become caricatures of ourselves.

In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases

Just when you begin thinking of yourself as memorable, you run into someone who can't even remember having met you

I think now that is the nature of hymns-they make us want to repeat them...they are a part of any service, and often the only part of a funeral service, that makes us feel everything is acceptable.