If fate sends you a lemon, use it to make lemonade.
I don't know about the rest of the country but in New York more people have learned anonymity from rent control than ever discovered it in a twelve-step program.
When you get older, keeping the private stuff private seems less important.
Stories are like assholes. Everybody's got one and most of 'em stink.
If you build a better mousetrap, Nature will build a better mouse.
Donald Westlake's Parker novels are among the small number of books I read over and over. Forget all that crap you've been telling yourself about War and Peace and Proust-these are the books you'll want on that desert island.