What is a clock? Something agreed upon and arbitrarily imposed upon us. Standard time. Not true time. Symbolizing the whole standardization of our lives.

We all go through the same things - it's all just a different kind of the same thing.

They made small effort to cover their raw souls with the mantle of commonplace words.

A clock is a little machine that shuts us out from the wonder of time.

Chicago is many things to many people, and to me, it is a place where you can write.

Even though you've given up a past it hasn't given you up. It comes uninvited - and sometimes half welcome.

That's the worst of a war--you have to go on hearing about it so long.