I Don't Go To The Movies Because

I Was At La Fenice Opera House Back In 1991 With Friends, And We Started Talking About A Conductor Whom None Of Us Liked. Somehow There Was An Escalation, And We Started Talking About How To Kill Him, Where To Kill Him. This Struck Me As A Good Idea For A Book.

I Just Go To Lunch. And I Never Know When Something Is Going Into The File And Something Is Not.

I Don't Go To The Movies Because I Don't Like Films.

And Off In The Far Distance, The Gold On The Wings Of The Angel Atop The Bell Tower Of San Marco Flashed In The Sun, Bathing The Entire City In Its Glistening Benediction.

Venetians Feel Affection And Loyalty To Their City, Rather Than To The Italian State.