Writing is like going to bed with a beautiful woman and afterwards she gets up, goes to her purse and gives me a handful of money.

great books are the ones we need

life itself is not the miracle. that pain should be so constant, that's the miracle -

God is a lonely place without steak.

I didn't feel that way about it. I had been playing with death for some time. I can't say we were the best of friends but we were well acquainted.

My body gnaws at me from one side and my spirit gnaws at me from the other.

the tired sunsets and the tired people - it takes a lifetime to die and no time at all.