I would not have had that happen to you. Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to me.

He moves smoothly and slowly, carrying his concentration like a brimming cup.

He was numb except for dreading the loss of numbness.

Gratitude’s got a short half-life, Clarice.

Problem-solving is hunting; it is savage pleasure and we are born to it.

There is a common emotion we all recognize and have not yet named -- the happy anticipation of being able to feel contempt.

Let me tell you about my day. I get up at 8 o'clock in the morning. At 8:30 am, I leave the house and I arrive at my office at 8:37. I stay in the office until 2 o'clock in the afternoon. I get in my Porsche and I'm home at 2:03 because the one-way streets make it faster for me to drive. And between 8:36 am and 2 pm, I'm doing one of three things: I'm writing. I'm staring out the window. Or I'm writhing on the floor.