Well, I remember this girl. I am not whole without her. I am not alive without her. When she was with me I was more alive than I have ever been, and not only when she was pleasant either. Even when we were fighting I was whole.

Intention, good or bad, is not enough.

I write because I like to write. I find joy in the texture and tone and rhythm of words. It is a satisfaction like that which follows good and shared love.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can't scare him--he has known a fear beyond every other.

American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.

I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.