There Are Few Things More Subtly Distressing

There Is Something About Seeing Real People On A Stage That Makes A Bad Play More Intimately, More Personally Offensive Than Any Other Art Form.

Ruefulness Is One Of The Classical Tones Of American Fiction. It Fosters A Native, Deglamorized Form Of Anxiety.

There Are Few Things More Subtly Distressing Than An Inappropriate Gift From Someone Close To You.

In Novels, I Said, People Are Transfigured By Love. They’re Elevated, Made Different, Lifted Out Of Their Ordinariness…it’s Not So Much To Ask, I Said. I Just Want Love To Live Up To Its Publicity.

Either A Writer Doesn't Want To Talk About His Work, Or He Talks About It More Than You Want.