She wasn't in love but she would love him, if that would save her.

The novel is perhaps the highest art form because it so closely resembles life: it is about human relationships. It's technique, page by page, resembles our technique of living day by day-a way of relating.

The suicide does not play the game, does not observe the rules. He leaves the party too soon, and leaves the other guests painfully uncomfortable.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

In a family, what isn't spoken is what you listen for. But the noise of a family is to drown it out.

A writer can't subtract or excise any of his/her past because doing so would erase the work produced during that time.

Never be ashamed of your subject, and of your passion for your subject.