Rafael Yglesias

Arthur Conan Doyle was entranced by the notion of a brilliant detective who can deduce everything a stranger has been up to…

— Rafael Yglesias

To me, people's lives and loves are entwined with their characters, natures and circumstances. I regard all general advice with skepticism.

— Rafael Yglesias

“A hand landed on his ass and urged him on and there was no wall, there were no obstacles, there was only…

— Rafael Yglesias

Whether you want to entertain or to provoke, to break hearts or reassure them, what you bring to your writing must consist…

— Rafael Yglesias

“Re: Central Park But the height proved the awesome truth that the park was made by man: nature re-created where it had…

— Rafael Yglesias

Sadly, for those who are busy sawing off their feet to escape the trap of cliches, every story is chock full of…

— Rafael Yglesias

“... and that did it. That brought those depthless blue eyes within a foot, perhaps six inches, maybe even closer, and something…

— Rafael Yglesias

Relationships, it seems to me, are timeless. What works between two people always works; what doesn't is always troublesome. Over time, people…

— Rafael Yglesias

New York is a much more bourgeois city, more of a tourist attraction than a muscular metropolis. It's lost moxie and a…

— Rafael Yglesias

It's hard to conceive of someone who could work for at least a few hours each day for months and years on…

— Rafael Yglesias

I didn't want readers to think I was asking to be praised for taking care of my wife while she was ill.…

— Rafael Yglesias

“And into its bland merciless face what did he have to show as his proof that he deserved to live? - Nothing…

— Rafael Yglesias

People don't so much believe in God as that they choose not to believe in nothing.

— Rafael Yglesias

“Perhaps they assumed that he would have a hard time putting her first. Perhaps they had not understood that for a long…

— Rafael Yglesias

The most fun thing about being a writer is that everything is interesting.

— Rafael Yglesias