My mother studied English and drama at the University of Pennsylvania, where my father studied architecture. She was a great influence in all sorts of ways, a wicked wit.
Donald BarthelmeWe are what we have been told about ourselves. We are the sum of the messages we have received. The true messages. The false messages.
Donald BarthelmeFaint equivalents can sometimes be found ... . Or it can be rendered obliquely-an adolescent's mental image of his or her parents making love, which must be something on the order of crocodiles mating.
Donald Barthelme