I believe I saw a woodcock. He had a long bill like putting a fire hydrant into a pencil sharpener, then pasting it onto a bird and letting the bird fly away in front of me with this thing on its face for no other purpose than to amaze me.
Richard BrautiganIf you are thinking about something that happened a long time ago: Somebody asked you a question and you did not know the answer. That is my name.
Richard BrautiganHe learned about life at sixteen, first from Dostoevsky and then from the whores of New Orleans.
Richard Brautigan