Big, undreamed-of things — the people on the edge see them first.

Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.

Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time.

I went to high school in Indianapolis I learned how to walk around looking tough because everybody had to do that. I go out there occasionally and they're still doing it, walking around looking very tough because something might happen.

To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.

You have never seen greatness in a Presidency; I have. It was a rich kid who you would think had every reason to be a horse's ass - Franklin Roosevelt. He was humane and wise and resourceful. He was called a traitor to his class.

Don't worry about your father. He's a perfectly contented, self-sufficient zombie.