Occupation: Novelist Birth: December 16, 1928 Death: March 2, 1982
The problem with introspection is that it has no end..
To live is to be haunted..
There exists, for everyone, a sentence - a series of words - that has the power to destroy you. Another sentence exists, another series of words, tha….
You will be required to do wrong no matter where you go. It is the basic condition of life, to be required to violate your own identity. At some time….
The distinction between sanity and insanity is narrower than a razor’s edge, sharper than a hound’s tooth, more agile than a mule deer. It is more el….
It is futile to try to make the universe add up. But I guess we must go on anyhow..
There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me'..
Life in Anaheim, California, was a commercial for itself, endlessly replayed. Nothing changed; it just spread out farther and farther in the form of ….
Death hides within every religion. And at any time it can flash forth-not with healing in its wings but with poison, with that which wounds..
Everything in life is just for a while..
I must admit that the existence of Disneyland (which I know is real) proves that we are not living in Judaea in 50 AD. . . . Saint Paul would never g….
In Washington and Moscow they are saying, 'Man has finally come of age; he doesn't need paternalistic help.' Which is another way of saying, 'We have….
I like her; I could watch her the rest of my life. She has breasts that smile..
I guess that's the story of life: what you most fear never happens, but what you most yearn for never happens either. This is the difference between ….
The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this freak establishment. No, the true measure of a man is this: how quickl….
Reality is just a point of view..
We are in a maze which we built, and then we fell into, now can't get out. To make the game into something real, something more than merely an intell….
A lot can be said for the infinite mercies of God, but the smarts of a good pharmacist, when you get down to it, is worth more..
Amazed, Fat said, "She's decomposing and yet she's still giving birth?" "Only to monsters," Dr. Stone said..
In a society of criminals, the innocent man goes to jail..
We should take mothers in high seas and drown them there, they are as poisonous as lead in the air..