You have got to own your days and live them each one of them every one of them or else the years go right by and none of them belong to you.

You have to own your days and name them, each one of them, every one of them, or else the years go right by and none of them belong to you.

You treat God like you treat any dangerous looney — keep him calm and stay on his good side.

Once you get people laughing they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.

Far away soul in a dreamy stateForgotten slumber seemingly latePure rhythmic love now rising higherUnclad passion our only attire

Curiosity is gluttony. To see is to devour.

I went into the Air Corps from 1943 through 1945.

I used to play bass for a while and got to the point where I was good enough to be in a shitty band.

I'll place my love beneath the stars.

People don't just want to feel satisfied. They actually want to act.

Anybody can lead a frivolous life. A frivolous writer, however, must have taste and intelligence.

Old black water, keep on rollin' Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?

Because we humans find stories such fascinating things, it’s all too easy to get interested in the story for its own sake, and lose sight of the purpose for which we set out to use the story.

At different times in my life I met God from a different point of view.