Both our opinions are rooted in our experience," I said. "Both of them are true, it's just that we've had different experiences.

There's something about being able to literally consume a work of art - then to divide all that pleasure of it - because it's a memory. A great wine for me is a memory, it's an extraordinary experience.

I think at this stage in my life I have learned that there are any number of things that men will never know, and can never hope to know, about women.

It's tempting to say the Ph.D. didn't have an effect, but it's not so. I think whatever resonance I may be able to achieve is in part simply from the amount of reading and learning that I acquired along the way

The key to growing up well, is being tough enough.

Has anyone ever told you," I said, "that you coalesce reality?" "No. They only say that I'm good in the sack." "They are accurate but limited," I said. "And if you give me their names I'll kill them.

Sure, I have advice for people starting to write. Don't. I don't need the competition.