Why did we do that to Pluto? We had it good with Pluto.
The air is like being wanted, we say, and they nod approvingly. The air is like getting older, they say, and they touch our arms gently.
His lies were so exquisite I almost wept.
But what I really want is to just swim around in a warm baby pool of these friends, jump in their dry leaf pile-to rub them all over myself, without words and clothes.
You’re breaking out of character, again.
My voice and movements are restricted by the things I own.
We see the beauty within and cannot say no.
He wanted to fly in lightweight contraptions with her.
You have what I can afford to give. You are a panhandler, begging for anything, and I am the man walking briskly by, tossing a quarter or so into your paper cup. I can afford to give you this. This does not break me.
There are many Saudi women doctors, and there are many wealthy and powerful and well-educated Saudi women who circumvent the restrictions put upon them, quietly or otherwise.
I worked at magazines for over 10 years before I even thought of writing a book.
I went to Saudi Arabia in 2010, and spent most of my time in Jeddah and the King Abdullah Economic City.
I went to public school all my life and all through college and I liked it.
She felt some measure of relief knowing that in the very least, on the open road she would have some time to think.
I am a freak in secondhand velour, a leper who uses L’Oreal Anti-sticky Mega Gel. I am rootless, ripped from all foundations, an orphan raising an orphan and wanting to take away everything there is and replace it with stuff I’ve made.
Good artists exist in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are.
I publish my own books, so there isn’t a certain editor I owe the book to at a publishing house.
We are all feeding from each other, all the time, every day.
I had grown up as a fan of Studs Terkel. In Chicago he sort of looms large and is mentioned often.
If your hand doesn’t work for it, your heart doesn’t feel sorry for it.