Power, for the writer....lies in his ability to reveal if only a little bit more about the complexity of humanity.

My hole is warm and full of light.

When American life is most American it is apt to be most theatrical.

It is sometimes advantageous to be unseen, although it is most often rather wearing on the nerves.

If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to bind, imprison and destroy.

And I knew that it was better to live out one's absurdity than to die for that of others.

To hell with being ashamed of what you liked.