Sleaze is a point by point refutation of elegance.
Great talkers do not stop for breath, and never look at the clock.
Some subjects come up suddenly in our speech and cannot be silenced.
A dense undergrowth of extension cords sustains my upper world of lights, music, and machines of comfort.
Jargon: any technical language we do not understand.
Never lie in writing.
Pornography does not inspire violence, but you can break a leg trying to imitate it.
The dignified catastrophes of tragedy bear little resemblance to the slow ruin inflicted by life.
Addicts turn their pleasures into vengeful Gods.
A successful restaurant makes everything in it, including the patrons, seem a little better than they are.
A restaurant with candles and flowers evokes more reveries than the Isle of Bali does.
Self-righteous victims invite extra nails.
Self-hatred is sometimes appropriate.
Procrastination and impatience form a system of checks and balances.
Intuition is often mistaken, but not altogether.
I am too impatient to wait for temptation to come to me.
Either offer me something I really like, or stop trying to tempt me.
I must like my profession, since I can hardly distinguish myself from it.
Publish in haste and repent at leisure.
Like other secret lovers, many speak mockingly about popular culture to conceal their passion for it.
Many have attempted unnatural acts, but Nature has always shown the way.
Most reputations are not ruined but forgotten.
Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?
Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables.
Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.
