Everyone should fail in a big way at least once before reaching forty.

The best thing about being 40 is that you can appreciate 25-year-old men more.

And the view was suddenly clear to me. The world opened out to its grim beyonds and I realized that, at forty, one must learn the rigors of acceptance. Capitalize it: Acceptance. I needed to...

Before forty, you think that exhaustion is something like a long-lasting hangover. But at forty you learn all about it. Even your passions exhaust you.

I nearer than I was yesterday and further than I am today, tomorrow I’ll be square one.