They were close to the end of the beginning . . .

When you write you tell yourself a story. When you rewrite you take out everything that is NOT the story.

I am religious in the sense that I believe in God and I believe that there is an abiding logical spirit that controls what goes on to a certain extent.

Love among the ruins... I'll tell you something, my friend: Weird love's better than no love at all.

Tracking account planning is rather like counting a mixed batch of tropical fish. You think you see patterns, but they've all changed by the time you've finished counting.

In these silences something may rise

Pride was the belt you used to hold your pants up when you had no pants.