Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.

The only dependable law of life - everything is always worse than you thought it was going to be.

But I don't give up; I forget why not.

I find her anecdotes more efficacious than sheep-counting, rain on a tin roof, or alanol tablets.... you will find me and Morpheus, off in a corner, necking.

I'm never going to accomplish anything; that's perfectly clear to me. I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do anything. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.

What writes worse than a Theodore Dreiser? ... Two Theodore Dreisers.

Ducking for apples -- change one letter and it's the story of my life.