he could transform the barest incident into a thing of curve and contour.

“I've got one more record. - Have you heard "So Long, Letty"? I suppose you have…”

“The reason one writes isn't the fact he wants to say something. He writes becau…”

“His youth seemed never so vanished as now in the contrast between the utter lon…”

“Oh, such a shame, such a shame. Oh, such a shame. What’s it all about anyhow?”“…”