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Think about scary movies: There's a fine line between horror and humor.
I studied French in high school and German in college and I once took a 24-hour Italian crash course. English has by far the most words in it of any... →
To me, letters have always been a robust medium of sublimation. I don't remember what I was like before I learned my ABC's, but for as long... →
Anyone who undertakes the literary grind had better like playing around with words.
Being president of too many well-meaning organizations put my father into an early grave. The lesson in this was not lost on me.
I like weeding, but I tend to think of it as a solitary activity.
The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor.', I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about... →
People may think of Southern humor in terms of missing teeth and outhouse accidents, but the best of it is a rich vein running through the best of... →
There will be birthdays in the next twelve months; books keep well; they're easy to wrap: buy those books now. Buy replacements for any books... →
When money gets too far away from actual, physical, real equity and property it gets too abstract and too distantly derived and then suddenly... →