Existence was not only absurd, it was plain hard work. Think of how many times you put on your underwear in a lifetime. It was appalling, it was disgusting, it was stupid.

I guess for me Hemingway is a lot like it is for others: he goes down well when we are young.

you boys can keep your virgins give me hot old women in high heels with asses that forgot to get old.

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

dogs and angels are not very far apart

It was like any other relationship, there was jealousy on both sides, there were split-ups and reconciliations. There were also fragmented moments of great peace and beauty. I often tried to get away from her and she tried to get away from me but it was difficult: Cupid, in his strange way, was really there.

Fay had a spot of blood on the left side of her mouth and I took a wet cloth and wiped it off. Women were meant to suffer; no wonder they asked for constant declarations of love.