I guess we often get the deep blues, both of us, and wonder what it all means- the people, the buildings, the day by day things, the waste of time, of ourselves.

"Baby," I said. "I'm a genius but nobody knows it but me."

A yet women -good women- frightened me because they eventually wanted your soul, and what was left of mine, I wanted to keep. Basically I craved prostitutes, base women, because they were deadly and hard and made no personal demands. Nothing was lost when they left. Yet at the same time I yearned for a gentle, good woman, despite the overwhelming price.

Life's as kind as you let it be.

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

Any asshole can chase a skirt, art takes discipline.

If I'm an ass, I should say so. If I don't, somebody else will. If I say it first, that disarms them.