Don't ever write a novel unless it hurts like a hot turd coming out.

In a more universal sense, we only get one thing. You know...a head stone if we're lucky; if not, green grass.

A woman must be nursed into subsistence by love, where a man can become stronger by being hated." - from 'Cows in Art Class

people see so many movies that when they finally see one not so bad as the others, they think it's great. an Academy Award means that you don't stink quite as much as your cousin.

the free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.

I will remember the kisses our lips raw with love and how you gave me everything you had and how I offered you what was left of me, and I will remember your small room the feel of you the light in the window your records your books our morning coffee our noons our nights our bodies spilled together sleeping the tiny flowing currents immediate and forever your leg my leg your arm my arm your smile and the warmth of you who made me laugh again.

when I was a boy I used to dream of becoming the village idiot. I used to lie in bed and imagine myself the happy idiot able to get food easily ...and easy sympathy, a planned confusion of not too much love or effort. some would claim that I have succeeded.