I used to think it was possible for an artist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunmen have taken that territory.

Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to share what they know but because they need the company of the like-minded, the fellow afflicted.

The less there was to see, the harder he looked, the more he saw. (Point Omega)

The less important you are in an office, the more they expect the happy smile.

Some nights I need to be held. Tonight I'm a listener. So nice to lie in rumpled sheets and listen. Cover me with words.

California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

Before pop art, there was such a thing as bad taste. Now there's kitsch, schlock, camp, and porn.