I had hope, however; I had been wounded seven times during the war, and once before in this same lung; and I did not believe I was going to die.
“I was raised in a solidly upper-middle class family who had really strong values and excess was not one of the things that my family put up with. And there's something wildy decadent about the young-star lifestyle, and I just don't really see the point.”
“It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud.”