I have been so struck by the mettle of the men who founded this country and wrote the Constitution. What unbelievable persistence and integrity. I wonder if any of us would have the attention span required to forge a whole new world. I wish we did.

“If Mr. [V.S.] Naipaul takes no pleasure in the happy delineation of the varieti…”

“I think books find their way to you when you need them. Whenever I feel like I'…”

“For me, art is a more trustworthy expression of God than religion.”

“Loss is the great unifier, the terrible club to which we all eventually belong.”