The electricity was here, we just polished them up.

I was the only designer who suggested keeping everything instead of gutting it. It had, in fact, been designed by the same artist who designed the Dan Hotel in Tel Aviv. It was all so beautiful, how could I throw it away?

What a writer's message is is totally unimportant. Either he is agreeing with life by affirming, or he is saying life is just a bowl of wormwood.

I don't read much nonfiction because the nonfiction I do read always seems to be so badly written. What I enjoy about fiction - the great gift of fiction - is that it gives language an opportunity to happen.

None of these bills contain any provisions to keep electricity affordable in Maryland.

Theres no electricity, stuff like that down there. Its a little different. Its going to be crazy.