... silence (can) be the most eloquent form of lying.

Basketball allowed me to revere my father without him knowing what I was up to. I took up basketball as a form of homage and mimicry.

In families, there are no crimes beyond forgiveness.

I've never cackled with laughter at a single line I've ever written. None of it has given me pleasure.

Good writing ... involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the tight-fitting uniform of language, making them visible and clear.

I still write in long hand. I type like a chimpanzee.

I would always be a better hater of things and institutions than a lover of them.