Jesse Kornbluth

“Don’t pick up the rope.” “I don’t know what that means.” “If Blair brings it up, you can’t respond with a smart remark. You can’t disagree with her about it. You cannot have thirty seconds of dialogue about this … episode. If you must, make a brief apology, but say nothing more. It’s this simple: Don’t … pick … up … the rope. Because there is always someone at the other end. And once you have the rope in your hand, you’re in a tug-of-war. And you’ll lose. Even if you win, you’ll lose.”
― Jesse Kornbluth, Married Sex: A Love Story

“Unless we are very young or lifelong fools, we do not look to artists --- or their biographers --- for our role models. Their work is enough.”
― Jesse Kornbluth