I Was The One Who Did Come

A Couple Years Ago, The Novelist Russell Banks Told Me He Was Reading The Ancient Greek Historian Herodotus. I Asked Why. He Said, 'because I've Always Wanted To And Am Tired Of Having My Reading Assigned.' I Thought It Was A Marvelous Declaration Of Independence.

I Think It Would Be Harder For Me Not To Write Comedy Because The Comic View Of Things Is The One That Comes Most Naturally To Me.

America Has Always Been A Nation Of Small Places, And As We Lose Them, We're Losing Part Of Ourselves.

Odd That The Future Should Be So Difficult To Bring Into Focus When The Past, Uninvited, Offered Itself Up So Easily For Inspection.

Sleep Is Over-rated. Have You Ever Noticed How It's Always Recommended To People Anybody With Half A Brain Can See Need To Wake Up?