It's easy to confuse a woman for a philosophy

They had nothing to say to each other. A five-year age gap between siblings is like a garden that needs constant attention. Even three months apart allows the weeds to grow up between you.

I cannot believe homosexuality is that much fun. Heterosexuality certainly is not.

It seems to me now that the deep structures [in writing] are often subconscious and set in childhood.

Asking why rappers always talk about their stuff is like asking why Milton is forever listing the attributes of heavenly armies. Because boasting is a formal condition of the epic form. And those taught that they deserve nothing rightly enjoy it when they succeed in terms the culture understands.

Your mid-thirties is a good time because you know a fair amount, you have some self-control.

Without the balancing context of everyday life, all you have is the news, and news by its nature is generally bad.