Making things difficult for the reader is less an attack on the reader than it is on the age and its facile knowledge-market.

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like.

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

We seem to believe it is possible to ward off death by following rules of good grooming.

As technology advances in complexity and scope, fear becomes more primitive.

No sense of the irony of human experience, that we are the highest form of life on earth, and yet ineffably sad because we know what no other animal knows, that we must die.

I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.

I don’t want your candor. I want your soul in a silver thimble.

What we are reluctant to touch often seems the very fabric of our salvation.

California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it.

Opening up to your intuition represents a commitment to pay closer attention to how you think and feel.

Our path, our sense of spirituality demands great earnestness, dedication, sincerity & continuity.

Couches and tables and beds don’t make a home. Home is where you feel less alone.

I get way too much happiness from good food.

Fast isn't turning us into Masters of the Universe, It's turning us into Cheech and Chong.

Physically and mentally I'm stronger right now because an injury is not playing on my mind all the time.

Over time the energy generated in romance and lovemaking provides the vitality that inspires each partner for enthusiastic creative expression in life.

There is no access to contemporary poetry in the libraries.

Robin Williams learned technique. He has the technique of being funny.

People are responsible for their opinions, but Providence is responsible for their morals.