I wrenched open the windows. I stood while the cold air poured around my face like dark water, as if I was a rock and it was chiselling me into a new shape.

It seemed like an original act, the very kindest act of being human, that he listened.

His head was on one side, listening to me, and that was such sweeness to me, that he listened intently. No one, it seemed, has ever listened like he does.

The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words.

He was a strange mix of Heinrich Himmler and Barney the Dinosaur.

There's also a certain rhythm to the way Jews talk that might be funny.

Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.

There are depths to the human soul that should not be fathomed.

I view my own body as a petting zoo. I am the main attraction... And the only customer.

She was like a camera that had been chronically out of focus until someone came by and twisted the lenses into alignment.

Once I establish credit, I may be able to function. A man needs credit. Especially when he has no money.

There are teams that are fair-haired, and those that aren't so fair-haired. Some teams are named Smith, some Grabowski. We're Grabowskis!

You need to have a life outside your career.