Keep your money in your pocket. Or bet it on a good horse.

We don’t even ask happiness, just a little less pain.

morning night and noon the traffic moves through and the murder and treachery of friends and lovers and all the people move through you. pain is the joy of knowing the unkindest truth that arrives without warning. life is being alone death is being alone. even the fools weep morning night and noon.

An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.

the beautiful are found in the edge of a room crumpled into spiders and needles and silence and we can never understand why they left,they were so beautiful. they dont make it, the beautiful die young and leave the ugly to their ugly lives.

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

I've never been lonely. I like myself. I'm the best form of entertainment I have. Let's drink more wine!