I would like to take the great DiMaggio fishing," the old man said. "They say his father was a fisherman. Maybe he was as poor as we are and would understand.

I don't want to be your friend, baby. I am your friend.

There are worse places to be than on your own.

Work could cure almost anything

The further you go in writing the more alone you are.

No one should be alone in their old age, he thought.

I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?