When a hot woman meets a hermit one of them is going to change.

I write right off the typer. I call it my "machinegun." I hit it hard, usually late at night while drinking wine and listening to classical music on the radio and smoking mangalore ganesh beedies.

they thought I had guts they were wrong I was only frightened of more important things

I have two rules. One is, never trust a man who smokes a pipe. The other is, never trust a man with shiny shoes.

I could read the great books but the great books don't interest me.

I was young I was so young it hurt like a knife inside because there was no alternative except to hide as long as possible--- not in self-pity but with dismay at my limited chance: trying to connect.

and our few good times will be rare because we have the critical sense and are not easy to fool with laughter