The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

I am not conscious of working especially hard, or of 'working' at all. Writing and teaching have always been, for me, so richly rewarding that I don't think of them as work in the usual sense of the word.

Yes, I've listened to just a few audiobooks - but hope to listen to more. I've wanted to investigate how my own books sound in this format and find the experience of listening, and not reading, quite fascinating.

When a marriage ends, who is left to understand it?

A daydreamer is prepared for most things.

To the west, the Pacific Ocean, which revulses me, for its vastness cannot be fitted into any box.

Keeing busy" is the remedy for all the ills in America. It's also the means by which the creative impulse is destroyed.