Trouble is, most times, when you go looking to sell your soul, nobody's buying.

Nothing real is pretty, she said. Only a doll is pretty. And a pretty doll drinks out of a tiny cup forever. A woman wants a big cup.

Buck up, baby blowfish. Just puff up bigger than your sadness and scare it right off. That's the only way to live in the awful old ocean.

Anything is a poem if you say it often enough.

I abandoned her. It's the one capital crime of fatherhood. Mothers can fail a thousand different ways. A father's only job is: do not abandon this child.

Night poured itself down my throat. Night was my wine and my meat. Night wed me and bedded me, widowed me and murdered me and resurrected me whole a thousand times over with each hour.

No, love, in real life you can get all the way to death and never have finished one single story.

Love me, and I will laugh for you, and if you can make me laugh, my laughter will, quite simply, ransom the whole of the world from death.

Pleasure! The end of suffering or the beginning of an enjoyment?

There are no good tights, It´s all such a rare sight... Gently, I put one in. Holes are within! They´re only good for a fight.

I like the part where you walk up on the stage and you're up there for the show. I like that part.

In the future, fast-fashion retailers might change their philosophy toward real efforts to create a world of their own. One can only hope.

There is no lake at Camp Green Lake.

Folded in my arms you're a butterfly in reverse you're giving up your wings and inheriting my curse you're letting go of me you're letting go

If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a musical comedy administration.

What's important is that all human knowledge be made available to all intelligent people who want to learn it.

Why pay a dollar for a bookmark? Why not use the dollar for a bookmark?

Sad to say I’m missing the Masters. Thanks to the fans for so many kind wishes.