You can put it another way, of course; you always can.

Sometimes you find the panel, but it doesn’t open; sometimes it opens, and your gaze meets nothing but a mouse skeleton. But at least you’ve looked. That’s the real distinction between people: not between those who have secrets and those who don’t, but between those who want to know everything and those who don’t. This search is a sign of love I maintain.

...God knows you can have complication and difficulty without any compensating depth or seriousness

The spring of 1930 marks the end of a period of grave concern...American business is steadily coming back to a normal level of prosperity.

Well, to be honest I think I tell less truth when I write journalism than when I write fiction.

Often the grind of book promotion wearies you of your own book - though at the same time this frees you from its clutches.

When we fall in love, we hope - both egotistically and altruistically - that we shall be finally, truly seen: judged and approved. Of course, love does not always bring approval: being seen may just as well lead to a thumbs-down and a season in hell.