He had become, after all, her home.

Perhaps living in fear can drive all devils out of a person.

I like a bit of spunk in a lady

she'd played mother and wives. Women in narratives were always defined by their relations.

Also the fact that he's a guy. A girl screws around like Lotto and she's like diseased. Untouchable. But a guy can stick it to a million places and everyone just thinks he's doing what boys do.

Doomed people celebrate peace with sky bombs.

It was mathematical, marriage. Not, as one might expect, additional. It was exponential.

Mathilde and Lotto held hands in the taxi going to brunch, communicating, not speaking.

What she did not tell him balanced neatly with what she did.

When your family dismisses you, like Lotto's did, you create your own family

Don't they understand what fiction is?

Beliefs are often imposed or spontaneously created thoughts that cannot be supported by facts.

My mother insured that a life of petty facts and dutiful farming was kept at bay by her passionate intensity, which nurtured the essential dreaminess of his nature

A man tells his stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him, and in that way he becomes immortal.

I grew up always admiring business owners. I was always interested in knowing who pulled what strings. I've always been in love with the decision making process, not just the product.

I think all politicians lie.

I often wish that folks would use Twitter for something more than sharing quotes

I've had ups and downs but always maintained I was a working actor, which is a beautiful thing.

I didn't go to acting school, but I've been observing my fellow man for 66 years now, and I would think that's the best school there is.

When we become fixed in our perceptions we lose our ability to fly.