I lived with the terrible knowledge that one day I would be an old man still waiting for my real life to start. Already, I pitied that old man.

My wound is geography. It is also my anchorage, my port of call.

I loved my parents... but that can never change the fact that my father's violence ruined my childhood.

Every industry is going to be affected (by the aging population). This creates tremendous opportunities and tremendous challenges.

I could bear the memory, but I could not bear the music that made the memory such a killing thing.

I'd be a conservative if I'd never met any. They're selfish, mean-spirited, egocentric, reactionary, and boring.

College was to teach me that I was one of life's journeymen, eager to excel but lacking the requisite gifts.