14 quotes
In order to hold your faith intact be sure it's kept unsullied by fact.
Don't Ask (1993)
Eyes wide and blank as the buttons on a first Communion coat.
Ask the Parrot (2006)
I believe my subject is bewilderment. But I could be wrong.
If Chester had a failing, it was that he believed people were what they thought they were.
The Hunter (1962)
Nobody gets everything in this life. You decide your priorities and you make your choices. I'd decided long ago that any cake I had would be eaten.
Two Much (1975)
Life is a slow-motion avalanche, and none of us are steering.
Blogcritics interview (2007)
Brian had all that day to figure out what was going on, and yet he didn't.
What's So Funny? (2007)
If relaxed means limp, don't worry about it. I'm relaxed. I'm relaxed all over.
The Spy in the Ointment (1966)
What did Jesus Christ say to the Teamsters? 'Do nothing till I get back.'
Walking Around Money (2005)
The August sun, God's blood-blister...
Watch Your Back (2006)
Everybody in New York City is looking for something.
Dancing Aztecs (1976)
I base them on what I've noticed about the human race.
Blogcritics interview (2007)
New York doesn't exactly have neighborhoods, the way most cities do. What it has is closer to distinct and separate villages, some of them existing on different continents, some of them existing in different centuries, and many of them at war with one another. English is not the primary language in many of these villages, but the Roman alphabet does still have a slight edge.
What's So Funny? (2007)
Hispanics have a long tradition of defiance against authority. Come to that, the Irish and Italians and Jews also have a long tradition of defiance against authority. Thinking it over, everybody has a long tradition of defiance against authority. (Except the Germans, of course.)
Dancing Aztecs (1976)