Many have changed so much that they have lost the magic of the dream that carried them on their own bootstraps.
Peter AbrahamsMom had the kind of love for her that you could feel, like it was part of the atmosphere
Peter AbrahamsTo get from people you had to give a piece of yourself, a real piece that mattered. Just being nice was not enough.
Peter AbrahamsYou don't have to be a good person to be a good writer--history shows it's better if you're not--but you have to understand your badness.
Peter Abrahams