I've never been to a dinner party where everyone at the dinner table didn't say something funny.
Lorrie MooreI count too heavily on birthdays, though I know I shouldn't. Inevitably I begin to assess my life by them, figure out how I'm doing by how many people remember; it's like the old fantasy of attending your own funeral: You get to see who your friends are, get to see who shows up.
Lorrie MooreAn author's life is different, complex, and ongoing, while a character's remains frozen in one little story.
Lorrie Moore