There was a weird intimacy, sitting in a car together. Couples sat in cars. Cops and their partners. Strangers became unstrange, sharing a windshield view of the world.

Half the reason I turned into a writer is you didn't have to show up anywhere. You could work naked.

I've always wanted to be a guy with a rec room.

It's not like I was an alkie or anything. Alcohol is for cleaning needles

All my life I'd gone for women who were a little off.

I always tell myself, when I remember the non-stop self-generated hell party that used to be my life, I wouldn't be here if I didn't go there.

Life can be lived as a temporary arrangement. Life is a temporary arrangement! But the longer you go without changing, the more obscure the likelihood you ever will. After enough time passes, the idea of another way of life grows even more misty.