“Do you know what I was smiling at? You wrote you were a writer by profession. When has writing ever been your profession? It sounded to me like the loveliest euphemism I had ever heard. When was was writing ever your profession? It has never been anything but your religion.”
“It was a great life, and obviously it made me know who I am. If I were told I could come back as anything, I would have chosen the same life, the same family, the same experiences, the same friends.”