My wife and daughter have accused me of being too silent at breakfast but I don't want to talk when I don't have much to say.

Why am I attracted to all these lying quotes all of a sudden? Here’s another one. This one by Phillip Lopate: ‘(Children know it better than adults) that in telling a lie, fidelity is everything.’

The knowledge that my discriminations are skewed and not always universally desirable doesn't stop me in the least from making them.

I'm fortunate in being able to find great satisfaction in my work.

It bothers me when I can't, for example, remember a name. I don't know if it's pre-senility or whether there are too many names packed in our brains.

My other work, teaching, also is satisfying because I can be with people but in controlled circumstances, which aren't as likely to yield the pain of dealing with family.

Have fun writing, because it enhances both the writer's and reader's experience.