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The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long. ”
Southern political personalities, like sweet corn, travel badly. They lose flavor with every hundred yards away from the patch. By the time they reach New York, they are like Golden Bantam that has been trucked up from Texas - stale and unprofitable. The consumer forgets that the corn tastes different where it grows. ”
I tried the paleo diet, which is the caveman diet - lots of meat. And I tried the calorie restriction diet: The idea is that if you eat very, very little - if you're on the verge of starvation, you will live a very long time, whether or not you want to, of course. ”
All the best stories are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape. ”
The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people. ”
And this is one of the major questions of our lives: how we keep boundaries, what permission we have to cross boundaries, and how we do so. ”
In a time of crisis, there is rational tendency to turn to the writer. ”
I only published my first novel at the age of 40. Till then, I wrote short stories. ”
Traveling is one expression of the desire to cross boundaries. ”
Remember the Time' and 'You Rock My World' from Michael Jackson were two of my favorite songs ever. My mom used to bump them all the time. ”