I was always very shy but as I get older I think, What am I being shy for? You just grow weary of your own hang-ups.

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

Don't have sex man. It leads to kissing and pretty soon you have to start talking to them.

The real joy is in constructing a sentence. But I see myself as an actor first because writing is what you do when you are ready and acting is what you do when someone else is ready.

She had destroyed whatever was between us by making a profound gaffe: She met me.

Or is it that I think too much?

With a cheery delicacy she divided my obsessions into three categories: acceptable, unacceptable, and hilarious.