At that point, I had 50,000 to 80,000 words written about the house. Instead, it became a sequel to The Kid in a way,

They're used to it, ... It isn't the first time I've written about my family history or dragged everyone into a book.

[Savage speaks of another example, which he did not include in the book, in which he became suddenly and violently ill away from home. The hospital where he ended up receiving emergency services needed legal consent to provide medical care, and in order to do so, they decided to acknowledge Terry as his spouse.] But that was their choice, ... They're improvising.

Mother's Day is a torment if your mother is dead. Valentine's Day is a torment if you don't got one. And at some point in our lives, we will be tormented by Valentine's Day even if we're relatively lucky in love.

Millions of words are written annually purporting to tell how to beat the races, whereas the best possible advice on the subject is found in the three monosyllables: Do not try

I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they're written from a skeptical point of view.