…there is no nakedness that compares to being naked in front of someone for the first time.

Adolescence-is it the first time in life we discover that we have something terrible to hide from those who love us?

The first of my father's illusions was that bears could survive the life led by human beings; the second was that human beings could survive a life in hotels.

I've always preferred writing in longhand. I've always written first drafts in longhand.