When the corpses are cleared no new order will emerge. Power, society, relationships, will descend in all their confusion on a new generation. The old, who started this conflagration, will retreat, worn out, the survivors and the young will continue the dance.

English is weak in describing emotional states or intensities of interpersonal relationships.

Never, ever underestimate your readers. Everything you do registers.

In America sex is an obsession. In Europe it's a fact of life.

I have changed my definition of tragedy. I now think tragedy is not foul deeds done to a person (usually noble in some manner) but rather that tragedy is irresolvable conflict.

Adjectives are the curse of America.

Possession of a secret is no guarantee of its truth.