Ive been given an amazing opportunity and I could not be more grateful. But I also know that all this will eventually die off. Its not real. It will go away and then youll go away and then, I dont know, Ill be left sitting in some English hotel room. – Josh Brolin
The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what Ive written, but to challenge my writing this story at all, speaks of what the book is about: fear of disapproval. – Joyce Maynard
