...but I’d learned a long time ago that the worse things are, the more people lie about them.

Marcus looked down. “Ah, man! This was my favorite shirt. Who tore it?” he asked, trying to pull the ragged edges together.

My dad was nothing but a bingo call.

You know, ” he said, “P.S.S. Piss Camp.” “Yeah, I get it, ” I said, “It’s just not funny.

Let’s just say, there’s not much of a moon out tonight, ” Nose continued anyway, “but if Yale joined us, there would be.

Comparisons deplete the actuality of the things compared... ("Conveyance: The Story I would Not Want Bill Wilson To Read")

Chaos, leave me never, keep me wildand keep me freeso that mybrokenness will be, the only beautythe world will see.

Socialism, or communism as it is sometimes called, is merely a secular religion, where the State becomes a god.

You need a good bedside manner with doctors or you will get nowhere.

You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.

I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift.

Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.

I believe in a civil society we should do as much as possible not to have firearms in any guise, but obviously they are a necessary function of policing.

Being rewarded for anything other than the quality of their work is the fastest way to screw-up a writer-and it isn't only new ones who suffer from that.

To whatever degree we are alert, aware, to that degree we are living