It is the psychic depression of decadence which has come to this place and time. It is what happens to people who ignore their artists and deny their children. It is a terminal case of involutional melancholia which comes from within and cannot be cured by T.V. or psychotherapy or anything but a creative life, which is hard to come by in a country where it doesn't pay to do anything for yourself.

TV shapes thought as surely as language shapes it.

if we begin on the men, there is no stopping. We must love them when we can.

Growing old is not a thing to watch. It cannot be forgiven in others. Alone, it can be borne. Even indulged.

Greed stains our culture, soaks our sensibilities and has replaced grace as a sign of our intimacy with the divine.

sex is like sandwiches, there has to be something in between.

Technology evolves so much faster than wisdom.