Francine Prose, in Reading Like a Writer
"More often the connection has to do with whatever mysterious promptings make you want to write. It's like watching someone dance and then secretly, in your own room, trying out a few steps."
Probably not as hilarious out of context, but still, I had to share...
"Howard was 57 years old. He had been married for thirty years to a difficult woman. Entering waiting orifices was about as much as he felt he could handle now, in the arena of personal relations." -- On Beauty
