We are finally driven to monogamy not by morality but by exhaustion |
What all the ads and all the whoreoscopes seemed to imply was that if only you were narcissistic enough, if only you took proper care of your smells, your hair, your boobs, your eyelashes, your armpits, your crotch, your stars, your scars, and your choice of Scotch in bars--you would meet a beautiful, powerful, potent, and rich man who would satisfy every longing, fill every hole, make your heart skip a beat (or stand still), make you misty, and fly you to the moon (preferably on gossamer wings), where you would live totally satisfied forever. |
When I was a ten-year-old book worm and used to kiss the dust jacket pictures of authors as if they were icons, it used to amaze me that these remote people could provoke me to love |
Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God. |
Will you ever? I don’t think you will ever fully understand how you've touched my life and made me who I am.I don't think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star. |
Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness. |
Writing is one of the few professions left where you take all the responsibility for what you do. It's really dangerous and ultimately destroys you as a writer if you start thinking about responses to your work or what your audience needs. |
You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy. |
You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy. |
Your morals are like roads through the Alps. They make these hairpin turns all the time. |