I was trying to dig up a Robert Frost quote today that had something to do with my book, and I came across a great old BBC interview of Frost explaining what he meant when he said the poem is a "momentary stay against confusion." So many gems in there. Here's one of my favorites: "One of the three great things in the world is gossip, you know. First there's religion; and then there's science; and there's - and then there's friendly gossip. Those are the three - the three great things. Philosophy is just a thing that trims religion, you know - that prunes it and all that. And you've got science. And you've got this: the biggest of all, is gossip - our interest in each other ." Where does that leave us writers? Ha. Eavesdropping little gossip-mongers. Which is nothing to be ashamed of, if Frost is right: "It is hero-worship, you see, and one of the things that makes you go, is making a hero out of somebody that nobody el...