Gauguin was a stockbroker in Paris, married, had five kids. One day he came home from work and told his wife he was leaving, that he was through supporting the family, that he had had...

If there was a God. I would spit in his face for subjecting me to this. If there was a Devil, I would sell my sould to make it end. If there was something Higher...

Be strong. Live honorably and with dignity. When you don’t think you can, hold on.

Are we biology or God or something higher? I know my heart beats and I listen to it. The beat is biology, but what is the song?

The clock holds me nowhere. Nowhere. Nowhere. There is nothing else but now and the shifting depth of the night. I sit at a table alone smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee and listening and surviving....

… There is a publication classification in an upper corner. It reads Religion. I’m immediately skeptical because I’ve always group books such as this in a category with crap like Astrology, Aromatherapy, Crystalology, Pyramid Power,...

You only live once, buy Picassos whenever possible.

The first time I saw you, my heart fell. The second time I saw you, my heart fell. The third time fourth time fifth time and every time since, my heart has fallen.I stared at...

I’m tired of making people sad and I’m tired of disappointing them and I’m tired of seeing them break. I have seen this too many times. He will be the last.

The wounds that never heal can only be mourned alone.

That’s how life works. You know it when you know it.They’re nineteen and in love. Alone except for each other. Jobless and homeless, looking for something, somewhere, anywhere here.They’re on a sixteen-line highway.Driving west.

Be bold. But not bold, be fucking bold.

He tells me I look as if I could use a hugand i laugh at him and he ignores me and steps forward and puts his arms around me and hugs me. I warm at...

The Babar the Elephant book is sitting in front of me. I pick it up and start reading it. I remember reading it as a small Boy and enjoying it and imagining that I was...

I often think of death. True. Suicide is a reasonable option. True. My sins are unpardonable.I stare at the question. My sins are unpardonable. I stare at the question. My sins are unpardonable. I leave...

There is emotion in the hug, and there is respect and a form of love. Emotion that comes from honesty, respect that comes from challenge, and the form of love that exists between people whose...

Even a second of freedom is worth more than a lifetime of bondage.

On the other couch a women sits with a young boy looking through a picture book about Babar the Elephant. When I find a magazine and I lean back to start reading it, I can...

The Young Man came to the Old Man seeking counsel.I broke something, Old Man.How badly is it broken?It’s in a million little pieces.I’m afraid I can’t help you.Why?There’s nothing you can do.Why?It can’t be fixed.Why?It’s...

There are no words and there is no singing, but the music has a voice. It is an old voice and a deep voice, like the stump of a sweet cigar or a shoe with...

The afternoon and the early evening slide by in a lidded daze where the ability to think in any identifiable way disappears and where every moment seems to be an eternity.

Leonard asks me if there’s anything I need to know before he dies, I think about it for a minute, turn to him, say what’s the meaning of life, Leonard? He laughs, says that’s an...

Pain is the feeling. Suffering is the effect the pain inflicts. If one can endure pain, one can live without suffering. If one can withstand pain, one can withstand anything. If one can learn to...

The secret to kicking ass in dumbshit Hollywood… Every time you meet someone, make a fucking impression. Make them think you’re the hottest shit in the world. Make them think they’re gonna lose their job...