Her smile, I'm sure, burnt Rome to the ground.

Make no mistake, those who write long books have nothing to say. Of course those who write short books have even less to say.

My interest is in how meaning is communicated via language, and I believe the shape, positioning, even the color of the language has an effect on meaning.

Some people reflect light, some deflect it, you by some miracle, seem to collect it.

He [Zampano] probably would of insisted on corrections and edits, he was his own harshest critic, but I've come to believe errors, especially written errors, are often the only markers left by a solitary life: to sacrifice them is to lose the angels of personality, the riddle of a soul. In this case a very old soul. A very old riddle.

Anger is one way to respond to fear. I say one way because responses are categorically multiple.

I must read. I must read. I must read.