Do people still shoot at presidents? I thought there were more stimulating targets.' (20)

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

There are dead stars that still shine because their light is trapped in time. Where do I stand in this light, which does not strictly exist? (155)

Let's enjoy the aimless days while we still can.

Only a catastrophe gets our attention. We want them, we depend on them. As long as they happen somewhere else. This is where California comes in. Mud slides, brush fires, coastal erosion, mass killings, et cetera. We can relax and enjoy these disasters because in our hearts we feel that California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

Some people are larger than life. Hitler is larger than death.

Freud is finished, Einstein's next.