Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.

In a country this large and a language even larger ... there ought to be a living for somebody who cares and wants to entertain and instruct a reader.

We're past the age of heroes and hero kings. ... Most of our lives are basically mundane and dull, and it's up to the writer to find ways to make them interesting.

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.

By the time a partnership dissolves, it has dissolved.

I'm always looking for insights into the real Doris Day because I'm stuck with this infatuation and need to explain it to myself.

What we need is progress with an escape hatch.