Succeed! It has been done, and with a stupidity that can astound the most experienced.
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 BarthelmeThere 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 BarthelmeYes, success is everything. Failure is more common. Most achieve a sort of middling thing, but fortunately one's situation is always blurred, you never know absolutely quite where you are.
Donald Barthelme