I Turn Sentences Around. That's My Life.

The Best Readers Come To Fiction To Be Free Of ... All That Isn't Fiction.

I Wouldn't Mind Writing A Long Book Which Is Going To Occupy Me For The Rest Of My Life.

Teaching ... Particularly In The 1990s, Teaching What Is Far And Away The Dumbest Generation In American History, Is The Same As Walking Up Broadway In Manhattan Talking To Yourself, Except Instead Of Eighteen People Who Hear You In The Street Talking To Yourself, They're All In The Room. They Know, Like, Nothing.

Everyone Becomes A Part Of History Whether They Like It Or Not And Whether They Know It Or Not.

You Can No More Make Someone Tell The Truth Than You Can Force Someone To Love You.