We are hardly ever as strong as that which we create.

nothing can save you except writing. it keeps the walls from failing.

Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live.

places to hunt places to hide are getting harder to find, and pet canaries and goldfish too, did you notice that?

Disneyland remains the central attraction of Southern California, but the graveyard remains our reality.

I don't know if this is true to you but for me sometimes it gets so bad that anything else say like looking at a bird on an overhead power line seems as great as a Beethoven symphony. then you forget it and you're back again.

Potential," I said, "doesn't mean a thing. You've got to do it. Almost every baby in a crib has more potential than I have.