Scratch a fantasy and you'll find a nightmare.
I was darkly convinced that at age 52 I would kill myself because my mother committed suicide at that age. I was fantasizing that she was waiting for me on the other side of the grave.
One of the ways to reincarnate is to tell your story.
I knew I couldn't live in America and I wasn't ready to move to Europe so I moved to an island off the coast of America - New York City.
I'm kind of this control freak that likes to create his own hells before the real one can get to him
Everything is contingent, and there is also chaos.
How theraputic it is to surrond yourself with people stranger than yourself.
The impact of falling in love for the first time has a special place in our arhitecture.
Every professional athlete owes a debt of gratitude to the fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He should never miss a payment.
The writer's only real task: to recreate out of the disorder of life that order which is art
A pair of dolphins swept by us in the water, flicking their heads out to get a look at us as they went. One of them made a chittering sound that wasn't very melodic. The other twitched its tail and splashed a little water our way, all in good fun. They weren't the attractive Flipper kind of dolphins. They were regular dolphins that aren't as pretty and don't get cast on television. Maybe they just refused to sell out and see a plastic surgeon. I held up a fist to them. Represent.