I do have a sense, and I've never not had it, of how easily things can vanish.

Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily collapse.

Small things amuse small minds.

This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there's a layer of people who run everything. But we - we're just peasants. We don't understand what's going on, and we can't do anything.

Things are not quite so simple always as black and white.

When I was bringing up a child, I taught myself to write in very short, concentrated bursts. If I had a weekend, or a week, I'd do unbelievable amounts of work.