Rome Was A Poem Pressed Into Service

I Remember A Table In Barchestertowers That Had More Character Than The Combined Heroes Of Three Recent Novels I've Read.

Paranoids Are The Only Ones Who Notice Things Anymore.

To Choose A Writer For A Friend Is Like Palling Around With Your Cardiologist, Who Might Be Musing As You Talk To Him That You Are A Sinking Man. A Writer's Love For Another Writer Is Never Quite Free Of Malice. He May Enjoy Discussing Your Failures Even More Than You Do. He Probably Sees You As Tragic, Like His Characters - Or Unworthy Of Tragedy, Which Is Worse.

Aphorisms Are Bad For Novels. They Stick In The Reader's Teeth.

We Are All Tourists In History, And Irony Is What We Win In Wars.