Paul Ford:

I live pretty far back from the cliffs of folly in a hut of irony and suspicion.

John McPhee:

I work in a fake medieval turret on the roof of a campus building. When I come out and walk around, bumping into friends, they tend to ask me, "What are you working on?" Which is one reason I don't often come out and walk around.

Victoria Dailey:

How apropos it is that the natural beauty of Los Angeles is overlooked in favor of a false one!