An artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way

When a writer is swayed with his fame and his fortune, you can float him down the river with the turds.

I have loved you woman as surely as I have named you rust and sand and nylon.

it's good to have things done with when they don't work it's also good not to hate or even forget the person you've failed with.

so it's always a process of letting go, one way or another

I didn't feel that way about it. I had been playing with death for some time. I can't say we were the best of friends but we were well acquainted.

Drinking is another way of thinking, another way of living. It gives you two lives instead of one.