I do not care to be esthetically tickled in a fancy theater surrounded by an audience drenched in the confident perfume of culture. I can't afford it.
Richard BrautiganIf you get hung up on everybody else's hang-ups, then the whole world's going to be nothing more than one huge gallows.
Richard BrautiganIn Watermelon Sugar the deeds were done and done again as my life is done in watermelon sugar.
Richard BrautiganThis morning I saw a coyote walking through the sagebrush right at the very edge of the ocean โ next stop China. The coyote was acting like he was in New Mexico or Wyoming, except that there were whales passing below. Thatโs what this country does for you. Come down to Big Sur and let your soul have some room to get outside its marrow.
Richard Brautigan