Knowing and knowing what to do about it were two different things.

I think a lot of what is going on with kids who get pushed too far and attempt either murder or suicide is that they are trying to deal with their own non-existence for the people who are supposed to care most for them.

Why mince words? Beautiful Ruins is an absolute masterpiece.

One of the odd things about middle age, he concluded, was the strange decisions a man discovers he's made by not really making them, like allowing friends to drift away through simple neglect.

Ultimately, your theme will find you. You don't have to go looking for it.

When authors who write literary fiction begin to write screenplays, everybody assumes that's the end. Here's another who's never going to write well again.

To expect reason is where the fallacy lies.