Someone asked me, if I were stranded on a desert island what book would I bring... 'How to Build a Boat.'
Best wine if you're stranded on a deserted island? 1982 Salon Champagne.
'Lost' is about a bunch of people stranded on an island. It's compelling, but kind of tiny. But what sustains you are the characters.
Last year, when we were in Mobile, Al., covering Hurricane Ivan, we heard the stories of poor people, many of them black stranded downtown because they had no way out.
I cannot always write at the same time, in the same place. I work, travel and have a vigorous family life. If I'm stranded in an airport lobby - I write. If I have to wait in a doctor's office - I write. If I have a morning or evening to myself - I write.
My wife says I'm making a noise like a stranded whale. I think I have a major snoring problem.
People see me and they squeal like tropical birds or seals stranded on the beach.
Perhaps if I knew I would be stranded on an island with but one book, I would choose the Bible. For no religious reason whatsoever, but because of the varieties of stories, which might be useful as the days pass.
The Democratic Party went far to the left, I think, and left some of us stranded on the beach, so we went to the Republican Party.
Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment.