I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare.

My flesh looked like it wasn't trying. It looked like it hated being part of me.

I didn't have any friends at school, didn't want any. I felt better being alone. I sat on a bench and watched the others play and they looked foolish to me.

I remember when each 4th lot was vacant and overgrown, and the landlord only go this rent when you had it, and each day was clear and good and each moment was full of promise.

Disneyland remains the central attraction of Southern California, but the graveyard remains our reality.

There would never be a way for me to live comfortably with people. Maybe I'd become a monk. I'd pretend to believe in God and live in a cubicle, play an organ and stay drunk on wine.

No matter how little a man has he will find that he will always settle for less.