Michael Tolkin Quotes

On one level, nothing’s really changed in my life. I still drive my daughter in the car pool on Monday. But it’s impossible not to be aware of this rush of attention; it’s impossible not to be seduced by it once you’ve entered into it, seduced by being unhappy when the attention wanes.

I’ve yet to meet a writer who could change water into wine, and we have a tendency to treat them like that.

I went to Spago once, eight years ago. I had just closed a deal. I thought it would be fun to go to Spago and it wasn’t. I got a bad table and nobody paid any attention to me.

Come to think of it, Pasadena’s as good a place to die as any.

I’ve yet to meet a writer who could change water into wine, and we have a tendency to treat them like that.