The awkwardness that arises when you meet a new person (socially) comes from the fact that you don’t yet have a little mental list of their acknowledged funny/weird qualities and tastes to use as a basis for humor. And vice versa.
New Hero: Diane Savino
Le Corbusier
More and more, I am becoming receptive to sparse, sharp styles.
Adieu, long-winded prose!
— Nancy Gibbs on Peter Weitz’s New Moon (19 Nov 2009, TIME Magazine)