Thanks to Karen Connelly who read earlier versions of this manuscript and to Ronald Hatch my editor and publisher.

Is it better to go with the flow or let the flow go?

originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.

You are nothing but your desires, dreams, thoughts, and beliefs

Jealousy, the old worm that bites.

To anyone who is homeless, I say, find a home.

We are never more self-righteous than when giving up what we should have shunned all along.

Of course you have to support the troops. They're just kids. They're doing for their country what's expected of them.

I'm opposed to giving people money for doing nothing.

I have it on good authority that Victor's going to have car trouble. Also that Robert really likes Cheerios, so if you want some, you're out of luck. He doesn't seem like the sharing type.

My job is writing for people to enjoy and then writing about a broader and a deeper world.