My brother and I were both good at science, and we were both good at English literature. Either one of us could have gone either way.

I feel that the task of criticizing my poetry is best left to others (i.e. critics) and would much rather have it take place after I am dead. If at all.

When I was young I believed that "nonfiction" meant "true." But you read a history written in, say, 1920 and a history of the same events written in 1995 and they're very different. There may not be one Truth - there may be several truths - but saying that is not to say that reality doesn't exist.

When you're unhinged, things make their way out of you that should be kept inside, and other things get in that ought to be shut out. The locks lose their powers. The guards go to sleep. The passwords fail.

We have been shark to one another, but also lifeboat.

Forgiving men is so much easier than forgiving women.

But the adjectives change,” said Jimmy. “Nothing’s worse than last year’s adjectives.