...maybe a damned good night's sleep will bring me back to a gentle sanity. But at the moment, I look about this room and, like myself, it's all in disarray: things fallen out of place, cluttered, jumbled, lost, knocked over and I can't put it straight, don't want to. Perhaps living through these petty days will get us ready for the dangerous ones.

I like the way Mahler wandered about in his music and still retained his passion. He must have looked like an earthquake walking down the street.

I lie as truthfully as I can.

the best often die by their own hand just to get away, and those left behind can never quite understand why anybody would ever want to get away from them

A woman is a full time job. You have to choose your profession.

my 6 foot goddess makes me laugh the laughter of the mutilated who still need love... she has saved me from everything that is not here

If it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it.