I am for the small man who has not forgotten, for the man who loves his beer and his women and his sunlight

and I laugh, I can still laugh, who can't laugh when the whole thing is so ridiculous that only the insane, the clowns, the half-wits, the cheaters, the whores, the horseplayers, the bankrobbers, the poets ... are interesting?

Morals were restrictive, but they were grounded on human experience.

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

soon I'll finish this 5th of Puerto Rican rum. in the morning I'll vomit and shower, drive back in, have a sandwich by 1 p.m., be back in my room by 2, stretched on the bed, waiting for the phone to ring, not answering, my holiday is an evasion, mt reasoning is not.

the sea is made of blood

I will put on my shoes and shirt and get out of here - it'll be better for all of us.