Captions : I don’t keep any copy of my books around… they would embarass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the belly, and have done with them. Ludwig Bemelmans

Captions : On the broad spectrum of solitude, I lean toward the extreme end: I work alone, as well as live alone, so I can pass an entire day without uttering so much as a hello to another human being. Sometimes a day’s conversation consists of only five words, uttered at the local Starbucks: ‘Large coffee with milk, please.’ Caroline Knapp