We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their face away.

Nowadays when a person lives somewhere, in a neighborhood, the place is not certified for him. More than likely he will live there sadly and the emptiness which is inside him will expand until it evacuates the entire neighborhood. But if he sees a movie which shows his very neighborhood, it becomes possible for him to live, for a time at least, as a person who is Somewhere and not Anywhere.

Lucky is the man who does not secretly believe that every possibility is open to him.

This Midwestern sky is the nakedest loneliest sky in America. To escape it, people live inside and underground.

A novel is what you call something that won't sell if you call it poems or short stories.

In this world, goodness is destined to be defeated.

Why is it that no other species but man gets bored? Under the circumstances in which a man gets bored, a dog goes to sleep.