A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

Keep your friends close and your enemies dead.

Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.

When the going gets tough, the tough go drinking.

Satan is around y'all. Devil on your shoulder.

There is no separation. We are all from the same place. As long as there is respect and acknowledgement of connections, things continue working. When that stops we all die.

The wise man tests before he talks. The critic but follows the fad of a cynical and apathetic age.

Don't be afraid to be outrageous; the critics will shoot you down anyway.

In his head, his mother said, 'People shout when they don’t have the vocabulary to whisper'.

I just love Bayonne. I love the parks. I love the pizzerias. I love the simple things in life, and its all here.

You should treat your body like a canvas.