Well, we lost it, and that’s all there is to that.

There's nothing else as pleasant as being unpleasant when there's nothing else to do, and there's usually nothing else to do.

Gradually I came to realize that my understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasure is concerned.

I write as a function. Without it I would fall ill and die. It's as much a part of one as the liver or intestine, and just about as glamorous.

Daddy,' my mother asked, 'aren’t we going to run out of gas?' No there’s plenty of god-damned gas.' Where are we going?' I’m going to get some god-damed oranges!

Our disappointment sits between us.

a good book can make an almost impossible existence, liveable ( from 'the luck of the word' )