John Cheever

When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places.

Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego.

That's the way I remember them, heading for an exit.

Mercury emissions will continue to harm the environment and to endanger the health of children and pregnant women, until this Administration puts public health before politics.

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.