My parents professed to believe in God, but I rarely heard his name mentioned unattached to 'damn' or 'sakes' or 'willing.

I have a terrible memory; I never forget a thing.

If Grandma Goldman ever smiled, she must have done it in the bathroom with the door locked. She had been the undisputed head of her own family, ruling with an iron hand and a mouth full of rocks.

my mother insisted that I had to try things on to make sure they were becoming. Becoming what, I always asked.

If it hadn't been for Grandma, we'd have had no ethnic tone at all.

You want to be able to say, for example, “I will know I am successful if these three things happen.

When a person acts in accordance to God’s standards, he gets God’s wisdom.

Death so called is a thing which makes men weep And yet a third of life is pass'd in sleep.

I really wish I knew what I was doing because I'd be writing hit songs every minute.

Our minds simply don't function in some sort of narrative chronology. I think that one of the great gifts of writing fiction is being able to think about that.

For my boyhood's friend hath fallen, the pillar of my trust, The true, the wise, the beautiful, is sleeping in the dust.

If you're gonna get wasted, get wasted elegantly.

Pleasure unparalleled, into the ocean of love we fell. Swimming in the timeless currents of pure bliss, fantasies interchanging with every kiss.

Hinduism has sinned in giving sanction to untouchability.

I feel like Bill Walton - old and shitty.