I like words. Words are places, rooms, distant airs, thin and tropical. They make us feel and imagine we are more than our bodies.

It's OK to not be political unless your country is falling apart.

I'm respected, I'm still working, what more could I ask?

You can't break the rules until you know how to play the game.

For the most part, people use God as Santa Claus.

He loved her, free parts and labor. But she broke down and died.

I didn't have any great job prospects.