Brownstein's is a fresh and jaunty voice, with a jazz snap all his own.

Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars.

With publicity comes humiliation.

The older a woman gets, the more invisible you become.

Most of my life is just spent lying in bed. I mean, it's enough pressure to write the words. Do I need to use the additional energy exerted by sitting up?

The novel is never really in the first draft. The novel really happens in the revisions.

Whether I'm critically well received, whether or not I sell books - of course it becomes progressively harder to get them published - nevertheless, it's what I do, every day.

Why would I want to read something about somebody that's just a really nice, decent person who overcomes terrible trials? That's not how life is to me.

I feel like I sort of missed the eighties. At the time, we didn’t know we were having fun, which is probably the way it always is.

I was like a social worker for lepers. My clients had a chunk of their body they wanted to give away; for a price I was there to receive it.

I think the sixties must have been quite a lot of fun.

Every single human being is creative. Dreams are a proof.

You must find your own gift, the activity you are fond of and the activity you were created for

We did not determine our fate into the world. What we know is we are here in the world.

Dreams about the future are always filled with gadgets.

[Our self-image is] that gap between intention and effect

As a youngster I was a great dreamer, reading many books of adventure and walking lonely miles with my head in the clouds.

I personally have no doubt that the Exodus occurred. How it occurred, I don't know.

When they finally put you in the ground, I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down.

In the choice of a horse and a wife a man must please himself ignoring the opinion and advice of friends.

My understanding of first-degree murder is that premeditation needs to be proven.