I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is read more

I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is not visible. I want them to be so powerfully realized that we cannot imagine them apart from their physical and social context even when we see them in empty space.

We have very high expectations for him. That's why when he's not winning a major, he's in a slump. If read more

We have very high expectations for him. That's why when he's not winning a major, he's in a slump. If we go much longer without him winning a major, another year or two, it could be a problem. If he were to go into a true slump, not making cuts, not winning, having his rankings fall out of a top 10, I'd start worrying.

Our conference gets us ready for the tourney. We're one of the littler schools in the conference, so playing all read more

Our conference gets us ready for the tourney. We're one of the littler schools in the conference, so playing all these bigger schools helps us out even more.

I remember last year we looked on screen and we saw we had to play Connecticut on their home court. read more

I remember last year we looked on screen and we saw we had to play Connecticut on their home court. It made you wonder if you had played them on a neutral court what would have happened. This year we play on a neutral court. It's definitely a good thing for us.

They are making investments now so they need our advice as to how to go about doing it. So an read more

They are making investments now so they need our advice as to how to go about doing it. So an agreement is urgent for us in the U.S..

The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes read more

The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle.

By saying I'd been up on the roof, I hoped to prove that I had intimate knowledge of how and read more

By saying I'd been up on the roof, I hoped to prove that I had intimate knowledge of how and why he'd died. It was my ego asserting itself: I was there, we were good friends.

It's a good strategy to take aim at this generation. They've finished raising children and they've paid off their mortgages, read more

It's a good strategy to take aim at this generation. They've finished raising children and they've paid off their mortgages, so all that cash is sitting in their pockets.

We ought to be providing protective sanctuaries for the Kurdish rebels. That means finding some places where they can come read more

We ought to be providing protective sanctuaries for the Kurdish rebels. That means finding some places where they can come and to which we will then be able to provide food and water and medical help.