“September 1973, that's where this novel begins. That's the entrance. We'll just hope there's an exit. If there isn't one, there wouldn't be any point in writing anything.”
“Where there's an entrance, there's got to be an exit. Most things work that way.”
“It's all right- this isn't the end of it. Endings and beginnings are as different than exits and entrances.”
“The beginning and the end are never really the journey of discovery for me. It is the middle that remains a puzzle until well into the writing. That's how life is most of the time, isn't it? You know where you are and where you hope to wind up. It's the getting there that's challenging.”
“That's the point, isn't it? We have to live on, no matter how hard it gets. We'll win in the end.”
“We'll try this first. If it doesn't work, we'll try something else. That's life, isn't it?”