Stories Are Like Assholes. Everybody's Got One

I Don't Know About The Rest Of The Country But In New York More People Have Learned Anonymity From Rent Control Than Ever Discovered It In A Twelve-step Program.

Every Year There's A Few More Things I'm Not Sure Of. I've Decided That A Wide-ranging Uncertainty Is The Mark Of The True Maturity Of Man.

The Short Story, I Should Point Out, Is Perforce A Labor Of Love In Today's Literary World; There's Precious Little Economic Incentive To Write One.

New York Is An Ugly City, A Dirty City... But There Is One Thing About It. Once You Have Lived In New York And It Has Become Your Home, No Place Else Is Good Enough.

Booze And Tobacco And Lots Of Sex. It Keeps A Lad Young.