A bland smile is like a green light at an intersection it feels good when you get one but you forget it the moment you're past it.
There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat...
There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean I've felt regret but I've also...
Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next morning and you think you didn't get it quite right you can fix it.
