And when he died, I suddenly realized I wasn't crying for him at all, but for the things he did. I cried because he would never do them again.

We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. Incredible. The Life Force experimenting with forms. You for one. Me for another. The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts.

People want to be happy, isn't that right? Haven't you heard it all your life? I want to be happy, people say. Well, aren't they? Don't we keep them moving, don't we give them fun? That's all we live for, isn't it? For pleasure, for titillation? And you must admit our culture provides plenty of these.

Beer's intellectual. What a shame so many idiots drink it.

I don't like to go to theaters, because I don't like the way most people behave in theaters.

Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We've been so busy damning ourselves for years. We've done it all, and yet we don't take credit for it.

Suddenly the day was gone, night came out from under each tree and spread.