He supposed that even in Hell, people got an occasional sip of water, if only so they could appreciate the full horror of unrequited thirst when it set in again.
Memory is the basis of every journey.
A lot of us grow up and we grow out of the literal interpretation that we get when we're children, but we bear the scars all our life. Whether they're scars of beauty or scars of ugliness, it's pretty...
It didn´t occur to me until later that there´s another truth, very simple: greed in a good cause is still greed.
Love, the simplest, strongest, and most unforgiving of all emotions.
Homesickness is not always a vague, nostalgic, almost beautiful emotion, although that is somehow the way we always seem to picture it in our mind. It can be a terribly keen blade, not just a sickness...
Story is honorable and trustworthy; plot is shifty, and best kept under house arrest.
He lay back, put his arm over his eyes, and tried to hold onto the anger, because the anger made him feel brave. A brave man could think. A coward couldn't.
I was being paid to do what I loved, and there's no gig on earth better than that; it's like a license to steal.
Read sometimes for the story, Bobby. Don't be like the book-snobs who won't do that. Read sometimes for the words - the language. Don't be like the play-it-safers that won't do that. But when you find...
They're animals, all right. But why are you so goddam sure that makes us human beings?
The tears that heal are also the tears that scald and scourge.
Friends come in and out of our lives, like busboys in a restaurant.
She knew with suddeness and ease that this moment would be with her always, within hand's reach of memory.She doubted if they all sensed it - they had seen the world - but even George was silent for a...
You stole my story and something's got to be done about it.
It's as if God gave you something-all those stories- and said, "Here you are. Try not to lose it." But children lose everything unless somebody is there to help them, and if your parents are too stupi...
The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted.
Give me just enough information so that I can lie convincingly.
There are books full of great writing that don't have very good stories. Read sometimes for the story... don't be like the book-snobs who won't do that. Read sometimes for the words--the language. Don...
I write for love, but love doesn’t pay the bills.
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