“Literature is the ditch I'm going to die in. It's still the thing I care most about.”

“It don't do you no nevermind to tell nobody nothing.”

“We both liked children; we just didn't want any ourselves. There were children everywhere, and we saw no reason to start our own brand. Young couples plunge into parenthood and about half the time ...”

“They were unironic enthusiasts for all the mass pleasures the culture offered: television, NASCAR, cruises, Disney World, sports, celebrity gossip, and local politics. Szabo often wished that he co...”

“Marriage is anti-romantic - husband and wife are terms like 'turkey' and 'goose.' Worse, they denote ownership.”

“I like to write about the solitary things people do. Humans seem to function best when they're alone.”

“It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth.”

“There are so many people with all kinds of lucky things happening to them and they don't know how to use it.”

“Probably any successful career has "X" number of breaks in it and maybe the difference between successful people and those who aren't superachievers is taking advantage of those breaks.”