He said I was unequipped to meet life because I had no sense of humor.

But I'm Crazy. I swear to God I am.

I'd swear to God, if I were a piano player or an actor or something and all those dopes thought I was terrific, I'd hate it. I wouldn't even want them to clap for me. People always clap for the wrong things. If I were a piano player, I'd play it in the goddam closet.

It always smelled like it was raining outside, even if it wasn't, and you were in the only nice, dry, cosy place in the world.

I felt so lonesome, all of a sudden. I almost wished I was dead.

But you can't always tell - with somebody's mother, I mean. Mothers are all slightly insane.

who wants flowers when youre dead? nobody.