How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about our life.

The only people who see the whole picture are the ones who step out of the frame.

"The best cinematography is invisible; it doesn't draw attention to itself but enhances the narrative."

The novel is the one bright book of life.