127 quotes
I've lived most of my entire adult life outside the law, and never have I compromised with authority. But neither have I gone out and picked fights with authority. That's stupid.
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976)
"Accept that you're a pimple and try to keep a lively sense of humor about it. That way lies grace — and maybe even glory."
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates (2000)
There are only two mantras... yum and yuk. Mine is yum.
Still Life with Woodpecker (1980)
The Earth is God's pinball machine and each quake, tidal wave, flash flood and volcanic eruption is the result of a TILT that occurs when God, cheating, tries to win free games.
The moon can't help it. It's only an object. The moon doesn't mean to set things sloshing—in every ocean's basin, in every female's uterus, in every poet's jar of ink, in every madman's drool.
Still Life with Woodpecker (1980)
Love is dope, not chicken soup.
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976)
Teachers who offer you the ultimate answers do not possess the ultimate answers, for if they did, they would know that the ultimate answers cannot be given, they can only be received.
Jitterbug Perfume (1984)
Less apparent is that bland writing — timid, antiseptic, vanilla writing – is nearly as unhealthy as the brutal and dark.
The Syntax of Sorcery (2012)
Except in the areas of civil rights and medical marijuana, the legacy of the sixties counterculture has been largely superficial.
The Syntax of Sorcery (2012)
The only meat in the world sweeter, hotter, and pinker than Amanda's twat is Carolina barbecue.
Another Roadside Attraction (1971)
Whether a man is a criminal or a public servant is purely a matter of perspective.
Another Roadside Attraction (1971)
In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't creak.
Skinny Legs and All (1990)
Funny how we think of romance as always involving two, when the romance of solitude can be ever so much more delicious and intense.
Still Life with Woodpecker (1980)
There's birth, there's death, and in between there's maintenance.
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates (2000)
My love for you has no strings attached. I love you for free.
Still Life with Woodpecker (1980)
"The more advertising I see, the less I want to buy."
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates (2000)
"Good luck to you, pal. That's a search these days."
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates (2000)
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
Still Life with Woodpecker (1980)
I'm an outlaw, not a hero. I never intended to rescue you. We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.
Still Life with Woodpecker (1981)
When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us.
Still Life with Woodpecker (1980)