Think about scary movies: There's a fine line between horror and humor.

Vincent van Gogh's mother painted all of his best things. The famous mailed decapitated ear was a figment of the public relations firm engaged by Van Gogh's dealer.

Pete Rose is too rich a character to fit on a bronze plaque. He requires a good, trenchant, poignant (ah, Petey) book, and this is it.

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

The first time I walked into a library, I got so excited I almost wet my pants.

Perhaps the truth is that heavy literature blooms in extremes of temperature.

It's my belief that sanity lies in realizing that reality is not exactly what we had in mind.