“Different isn't good or bad. It isn't a qualifier. It just is.”
“And, I often think, the truth isn't good or bad, it's just the truth.”
“Life isn't good, life isn't bad. Instead I'm floating on a turf somewhere in between.”
“Henry James said there isn't any difference between "the English novel" and "the American novel" since there are only two kinds of novels at all, the good and the bad.”
“There is bad in all good authors: what a pity the converse isn't true!”
“This is some kind of life, isn't it? Something good happening inside something bad.”