I used to think it was hard to write, and I still find the process more or less unpleasant, but if I know what I'm doing it rattles along, then the rewrite whips it into shape rather quickly.

So, what, you got cigarette burns, too?" Gitanes said. Chip showed his palm, "It's nothing." "Self-inflicted. You pathetic American." "Different kind of prison" Chip said.

Seriously, the world is changing so quickly that if you had any more than 80 years of change I don't see how you could stand it psychologically.

I wanted all of her and resented other boys for wanting any part of her.

It's healthy to say uncle when your bone's about to break.

What you discovered about yourself in raising children wasn't always agreeable or attractive.

There is, after all, a kind of happiness in unhappiness, if it's the right unhappiness.