Around The Time I Turned 30, I

Rule Number Something Or Other -- Never Tell Anybody Anything Unless You're Going To Get Something Better In Return.

I Was Reading Raymond Chandler Very Much With The Feminist Eye. In Six Of His Seven Novels, It's The Woman Who Presents Herself In A Sexual Way, Who Is The Main Bad Person. And Then You Start Reading More Fiction, Whether Crime Fiction Or Straight Fiction, It's Just Bad Girls Trying To Make Good Boys Do Bad Things, Going All The Way Back To Adam And Eve. The Woman That Thou Gavest Me Made Me Do It, Adam Says To God.

The Hardest Thing About Adolescence Is That Everything Seems Too Big. There's No Way To Get Context Or Perspective, ..... Pain And Joy Without Limits. No One Can Live Like That Forever, So Experience Finally Comes To Our Rescue. We Come To Know What We Can Endure, And Also That Nothing Endures.

I Had Wanted To Write Ghost Country For A Long Time, But It Wouldn't Work.

The Possibility Of Bringing White-collar Criminals To Justice Is Ever Receding Over The Horizon.