Whatever he might have denied me was unimportant; it was the fact that he could deny me anything at all, even what I didn't want

Still humping the American Dream

You can't miss what you never had.

One of the few ways I can almost be certain I'll understand something is by sitting down and writing about it. Because by forcing yourself to write about it and putting it down in words, you can't avoid having your say on the subject. You might be wrong, but you have to think about it very intensely to write about it.

Human beings are the only creatures on earth that claim a God and the only thing that behaves like it hasn't got one.

There are times, however, and this is one of them, when even being right feels wrong. What do you say, for instance, about a generation that has been taught that rain is poison and sex is death?

I'll call New York for some cash.