she was consumed by 3 simple things: drink, despair, loneliness; and 2 more: youth and beauty

But my whole life has been a matter of fighting for one simple hour to do what I want to do. There was always something getting in the way of my getting to myself.

I just want a hot cup of coffee,black,and I don’t want to hear about your troubles.

Hemingway and Saroyan had the line, the magic of it. The problem was that Hemingway didn't know how to laugh and Saroyan was filled with sugar.

If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose.

I can almost understand why people leap from bridges.

Each person is only given so many evenings and each wasted evening is a gross violation against the natural course of your only life.