Ellen Cherry was from the south and had good manners. She didn´t have any panties on, but she had good manners.

Don't confuse symmetry with balance.

But do we know how to make love stay?' I can't even think about it. The best I can do is play it day by day.

My faith is whatever makes me feel good about being alive. If your religion doesn't make you feel good to be alive, what the hell is the point of it?

I had literary interests my whole life. I decided at the age of five I was going to be a writer. So I had done a great deal of reading. I suppose I was more at home in Greenwich Village than, say, any of classmates from Warsaw High School. But in any case, it was an overwhelming experience for me. It took me some time to begin to assimilate it.

Whatever goes wrong can be used to your advantage, providing it goes wrong enough.

Words on a page can hypnotize you if the rhythm is right