what a horrible loutish planet this is. the dominant species consists of sadistic morons, faces bearing the hideous lineaments of spiritual famine swollen with stupid hate. hopeless rubbish.

Every word is autobiographical, and every word is fiction.

Happinessis a byproduct of function. Those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.

If after having been exposed to someone's presence you feel as if you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that presence. You need it like you need pernicious anemia.

Dennis Cooper, God help him, is a born writer.

Most serious writers refuse to make themselves available to the things that technology is doing. I've never been able to understand this sort of fear.

The American uppermiddle-class citizen is a composite of negatives. He is largely delineated by what he is not.