Life is difficult enough without Meryl Streep movies.

But mostly they were lies I told; it wasn't my fault, I couldn't remember, because it was as though I'd been to one of those supernatural castles visited by characters in legends: once away, you do not remember, all that is left is the ghostly echo of haunting wonder.

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

Rusty thinks I should smoke marijuana, and I did for a while, but it only makes me giggle.

With one exception everybody who has ever been involved with me is still a great friend of mine.

Lively, too. Talky as a jaybird. With something smart to say on every subject: better than the radio.

I couldn't understand a sense of unease that multiplied until I could hear my heart beating.