Even the most straightforward of paths could turn out to be more complicated than it seemd at first.
Kittredge had obviously misjudged her, but he had learned that was the way with most people. The story was never the story, and it surprised you, how much another person could carry.
One of the strangest results of having your name on a book jacket is the proliferation of people who know one narrow aspect of your life and are suddenly surprised to learn there's more.
We knew it was going to be difficult to get to the moon. We didn't know how difficult.
The making of a cabinet … is by no means as easy as I had supposed.
You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
Before when I said I'm going to get married, I thought my life is going to be peaceful. But then, I ended up with a politician so it slightly got a little complicated.
So I got into growing grapes, not realizing that there was a heck of a lot more to it than meets the eye.
The most surprising and rewarding chapter to write was the Butthole Surfers chapter. I'd always thought of them as a bunch of drug-addled reprobates - which maybe they were - but it turned out to be more complicated than that.
