I Definitely Divide My Life Into Decades.

From The Essay "twenty-five Things People Have A Shocking Capacity To Be Surprised By Over And Over Again" 1. Journalists Sometimes Make Things Up. 2. Journalists Sometimes Get Things Wrong. 3. Almost All Books That Are Published As Memoirs Were Initially Written As Novels, And Then The Agent/editor Said, This Might Work Better As A Memoir. 6. Freedom Of The Press Belongs To The Man Who Owns One.

[i] Had Gotten To The Point Where I Simply Could Not Make A Bad Vinaigrette, This Was Not Exactly The Stuff Of Drama. (even Now, I Cannot Believe Mark Would Want To Risk Losing That Vinaigrette. You Just Don't Bump Into Vinaigrettes That Good.)

The Big Cities Of America Are Becoming Third World Countries.

A Man Who Finishes A Book Is Always Alone When He Finishes It.

I Don't Care Who You Are. When You Sit Down To Write The First Page Of Your Screenplay, In Your Head, You're Also Writing Your Oscar Acceptance Speech.