Only then does he realize what he has done to Mirabelle, how wanting a square inch of her and not all of her has damaged them both, and how he cannot justify his actions except that, well, it was life.

Lacy was just as happy alone as with company. When she was alone, she was potential; with others she was realized.

It was essential that I never show doubt about what I was doing.

It was easier to sell a painting that was not for sale.

I understood that as much as I had resisted the outside, as much as I had constricted my life, as much as I had closed and narrowed the channels into me, there were still many takers for the quiet heart.

Performing music is a way to do comedy, but without the obligation to do a solid hour, hour and half of a standup. I could intersperse it with music, so it became a really good format for me.

Rebelliousness really is the province of young people-that kind of iconoclasm.