don't give me what I ask for, give me what I need...

“Readers have a loyalty that cannot be matched anywhere else in the creative art…”

“Some of this book—perhaps too much—has been about how I learned to do it. Much …”

“If you can't laugh when things go bad--laugh and put on a little carnival--then…”

“It's a long way back to Eden, Sweetheart, so don't sweat the small stuff.”