There is no moment that exceeds in beauty that moment when one looks at a woman and finds that she is looking at you in the same way that you are looking at her. The moment in which she bestows that look that says, "Proceed with your evil plan, sumbitch.
Donald BarthelmeArt is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult, but because it wishes to be art.
Donald BarthelmeThere's not a strong autobiographical strain in my fiction. A few bits of fact here and there.
Donald Barthelme