Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read. Fought against it for a minute. Then looked out the window at the rain. And gave over. Put myself entirely in the keep of this rainy morning. Would I live my life over again? Make the same unforgivable mistakes? Yes, given half a chance. Yes.

You've got to work with your mistakes until they look intended. Understand?

The places where water comes together with other water. Those places stand out in my mind like holy places.

Remember Haydn's 104 symphonies. Not all of them were great. But there were 104 of them.

Booze takes a lot of time and effort if you're going to do a good job with it.

This is awful. I don't know what's going to happen to me or to anyone else in the world.

Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read. Fought against it for a minute. Then looked out the window at the rain. And gave over. Put myself entirely in the keep of this rainy morning. Would I live my life over again? Make the same unforgivable mistakes? Yes, given half a chance. Yes.