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

I am not a yachting person, by nature, but I have just enough experience on the sea under sail to feel a certain nostalgia for it when I see a big white racing yacht heeled over at cruising speed on the ocean, and I can still tie a mean bowline knot on just about anything in less than 10 seconds.

I drink much less than most people think, and I think much more than most people would believe. I am quite sincere about some of the things which people take very lightly, and almost insultingly unconcerned about some of the things which people take most seriously. In short, I am basically antisocial: certainly not to an alarming degree , but just more so than I appear to be.

right' i said. 'but first, we need the car. and after that, the cocaine. and then the tape recorder, for special music, and some acapulco shirts.

and the sad notes floated out to the patio and hung in the trees like birds too tired to fly

It was like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids.

Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.