I couldn't understand a sense of unease that multiplied until I could hear my heart beating.

It's worth your life to order an omelette in most restaurants. You never know what you're going to get.

[L]ove, having no geography, knows no boundaries.

there is only one unpardonable sin--deliberate cruelty. All else can be forgiven.

Many universities have asked me to come for a semester but I don't want to do it because I don't have the patience.

Norman Mailer thinks William Burroughs is a genius, which I think is ludicrous beyond words. I don't think William Burroughs has an ounce of talent.

I'm very scared, Buster. Yes, at last. Because it could go on forever. Not knowing what's yours until you've thrown it away.