It made him feel invisible—not that he wanted to feel anything else.

There is no fool like an educated fool.

If you want what's in the package you should at least know how to get the string off, is what I say.

No one knows what cuases an outer landscape to become an inner one.

Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it.

We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between the stories.

You're sad because you're sad. It's psychic. It's the age. It's chemical. Go see a shrink or take a pill, or hug your sadness like an eyeless doll you need to sleep. Well, all children are sad but some get over it. Count your blessings. Better than that, buy a hat. Buy a coat or a pet. Take up dancing to forget.