It’s hard to make up your bed while you’re still sleeping in it. Hard to make up your mind for the same reason.

The first step toward telling the truth is to tell the whole lie.

Often it's just a short swim from the shipwreck of your life to the island paradise of your dreams, assuming you don't drown in the metaphor.

Metaphor for the night sky: a trillion asterisks and no explanations.

Abstract art is a fundamental distrust of the theory of reality concocted by the eyes.

A cat, after being scolded, goes about its business. A dog slinks off into a corner and pretends to be doing a serious self-reappraisal.

The first goal of writing is to have one's words read successfully.