I don't know. It's been terribly hard for me. How do I know you won't do it again?''Nobody is ever quite sure of what they will do. You aren't sure what you might do.

being alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.

There's no way I can stop writing, it's a form of insanity.

As a recluse I couldn't bear traffic. It had nothing to do with jealousy, I simply disliked people, crowds, anywhere, except at my readings. People diminished me, they sucked me dry.

Her one drink had Cecelia giggling and talking and she was explaining that animals had souls too. Nobody challenged her opinion. It was possible, we knew. What we weren't sure of was if we had any.

The worst thing for a writer is to know another writer, and worse than that, to know a number of other writers. Like flies on the same turd.

People were usually much better in their letters than in reality. They were much like poets in this way.

Goodness could be found sometimes in the middle of hell.

I didn't like anything. Maybe I was afraid. That was it - I was afraid. I wanted to sit alone in a room with the shades down. I feasted upon that. I was a crank. I was a lunatic.

I began to feel like a kept man and it felt great.

You're the most unknown famous man I ever met

I'm scared of the geese. When I was five, my mom took me down there to feed those horrible beasts and one of them nearly took my hand off.

Cultural analysis is intrinsically incomplete. And, worse than that, the more deeply it goes the less complete it is.

The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good.

The main Objective of any operation in an open file is the eventual Occupation of the seventh or eighth Rank.

I once read about a guy who lost his arms in a fire. The nurse took pity on him and gave him a hand job. I don't even get that.

Discussions allow photographers to shuffle their prejudices

A bad salesman will automatically drop his price. Bad salesmen make me sick.

Let yourself go. Pull out from the depths those thoughts that you do not understand, and spread them out in the sunlight and know the meaning of them.

There is no deterioration and there is no creation. There are projections, moments of existence. Each moment is perfect.

I was warmly embraced by the Tea Party. They openly seek more minorities.