There were not many people who could say that their education had been paid for with cigarettes.

If her soul ever leaks, I want it to land on me.

The nightmares arrived like they always did, much like the best player in the opposition when you've heard rumors that he might be injured or sick-but there he is, warming up with the rest of them, ready to take the field.

I guess if editing doesn't hurt, you're probably not doing it properly. I find it quite difficult. The hardest part is believing that it's actually working and getting rid of the doubt that always creeps in.

I watch the beauty for as long as I can, then turn and face the rest of it.

She was a Jew feeder without a question in the world on that man's first night in Molching. She was an arm reacher, deep into a mattress, to deliver a sketchbook to a teenage girl. (84.25)

I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I ever simply estimate it.