I do not understand these things, he thought. But it is good that we do not have to try to kill the sun or the moon or the stars. It is enough to live on the sea and kill our true brothers.
I did not understand them but they did not have any mystery, and when I understood them they meant nothing to me. I was sorry about this but there was nothing I could do about it.
I could not fail myself and die on a fish like this, he said. Now that I have him coming so beautifully, God help me endure. I'll say a hundred Our Fathers and a hundred Hail Marys. But I cannot say t...
I am thee and thou art me and all of one is the other.
I always like the bad ones. I know he's a bad one of some sort.
Here's a taxidermist's, Bill said. Want to buy anything? Nice stuffed dog? Come on, I said. You're pie-eyed.Pretty nice stuffed dogs, Bill said. Certainly brighten up your flat.Come on. Just one stuff...
He was violating the second rule of the two rules for getting on well with people that speak Spanish; give the men tobacco and leave the women alone
He knew everything when he started. The others can’t ever learn what he was born with.
Half a million dead wopsAnd he got a kick out of itThe son of a bitch.
But why must all the operations in life be performed without an anesthetic?
But are there not many fascists in your country?There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the times comes.
Be patient, hand, he said. I do this for you.
And this was the price you paid for sleeping together.
And feel now. Thou hast no heart but mine.
What you don't write is often more important than what you do
Prose is architecture, not interior decoration.
It's harder to write in the third person but the advantage is you move around better.
Remember to get the weather in your damn book--weather is very important.
After writing a story I was always empty and both sad and happy, as though I had made love, and I was sure this was a very good story although I would not know truly how good until I read it over the...
Ezra was right half the time, and when he was wrong, he was so wrong you were never in any doubt about it.