Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.

We're living in a certain time, and we're aware of it. And that's part of what we're aware of, along with our own personal aches and pains.

I've got nothing to do today but smile.

Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work.

There are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.

She said a good day ain't got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been

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