Sometimes you want to fall on your knees and thank God in heaven for all the poor news reporting that goes on in the world.

T. Ray said 'Who do you think you are? Julias Shakespeare?' The man sincerely thought that was Shakespeare's first name, and if you think I should have corrected him, you are ignorant about the art of survival.

Novels attempt to render human experience; that's really all they are. They are meant to convey empathy for the character.

We walked along the river with the words streaming behind us like ribbons in the night.

History is not just facts and events. History is also a pain in the heart and we repeat history until we are able to make another's pain in the heart our own.

You can go other places, all right - you can live on the other side of the world, but you can't ever leave home

We have to acknowledge sometimes that this moment is enough. This place is enough. I am enough.