...I feel as though I made a face and the wind changed, and now I have to go through life grimacing in this horrible way.

I'd thought I'd live with my wife, but I couldn't find one.

Sequels are very rarely a good idea, and in any case, the success of the book changed my relationship with the club in some ways.

Like all books that have that kind of momentum, it starts from word of mouth.

You have to work at relationships. You can’t just walk out on them every time something goes wrong.

It's a mystery of human chemistry and I don't understand it, some people, as far as their senses are concerned, just feel like home.

Cynicism is our shared common language, the Esperanto that actually caught on, and though I'm not fluent in it - I like too many things, and I'm not envious of enough people - I know enough to get by.