... Baggott enjoys living on the knife edge between hilarity and heartbreak and that makes her a writer after my own heart.

HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or need it. And that reputation is earned.

Which is why we have spouses and children and parents and colleagues and friends, because someone has to know us better than we know ourselves. We need them to tell us. We need them to say, "I know you, Al. You are not the kind of man who.

I've never written nearly as much about place as people seem to think I do. I just write about class.

I just have this feeling that if it weren't for the Gloversville Free Library that I probably would not be a writer.

What I discovered I liked best about striking out on my bicycle was that the farther I got from home, the more interesting and unusual my thoughts became.

You can be interested in a Jane Smiley novel whether or not anyone says a word. She enters into her characters thoughts with great understanding and depth.