I always figured I myself would never be lucky enough to die, I'd just live on and on in this increasingly dreary spiral.

A waft of sweet hash drifted by, and I wanted to float after it like Wimpy levitating at the scent of a hamburger.

I need - and occasionally love - to write for the same reasons I always did: hard as writing is, it's generally easier than life.

All of us, at some point in life, choose our cliché.

It's not like I was an alkie or anything. Alcohol is for cleaning needles

I don't really know how to do much else besides write.

I kept getting high to kill my shame at the fact that I kept getting high.

To me, God is like this happy bus driver.

In my family, misery didn't just love company, it wanted hostages.

I've always wanted to be a guy with a rec room.

You need an entire drama to construct your life around to avoid living it.

...landscape is a work of the mind. Its scenery is built up as much from strata of memory as from layers of rock.

Meditation is a journey from negative-mindset to positive-mindset. It is a means to stay positive and radiate positive energy.

If a ship is strong, the ocean's tides do not trouble it.

We are like some particle in motion always moving and meeting other particle.

A relationship is hard in and of itself. And having kids is really hard work, but I think it's really meaningful, as is a relationship. But they all take work.

To be is to stand for.

I have always found it difficult to wait for things - whether it was to see my father or sailor brother, Alan, again after their long sea trips, or the chance of a better job, or even new curtains.

Modern man lives more and more in a preponderantly geometric order. All human creation mechanical or industrial is dependent upon geometric intentions.

Each language gives you something different so that's a good enough reason for you to learn it.

I've played golf with three U.S presidents.