all his prayers of the past had been simple concrete requests: God, give me a bicycle, a knife with seven blades, a box of oil paints. Only how, how, could you say something so indefinite, so meaningless as this: God, let me be loved.
I'm sure Proust was a big bore.
Anticipation is anxiety. I have always had a very extreme anxiety thing.
I think my greatest talent really is for friendship.
I think most people are very, very much motivated by sex - greed, sex, and hunger.
As long as you live, there's always something waiting; and even if it's bad, and you know it's bad, what can you do? You can't stop living.