Showing up is 80 percent of life.
The heart wants what it wants.
This guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, Doc, my brother’s crazy. He thinks he’s a chicken. The doctor says, Well, why don’t you turn him in? And the guy says, I would but I need the eggs. Well I guess that’s pretty much how I feel about relationships. You know they’re totally irrational and crazy and absurd but I guess we keep going through it because, uh, most of us need the eggs.
Self-obsession, that treacherous time waster.
This is my perspective and has always been my perspective on life: I have a very grim, pessimistic view of it. I always have, since I was a little boy. It hasn’t gotten worse with age or anything. I do feel that it’s a grim, painful, nightmarish, meaningless experience, and that the only way that you can be happy is if you tell yourself some lies and deceive yourself.
Eternity is awful long time, especially towards the end.
80% of life is showing up.
If it’s bad, I’ll hate it because I hate bad writing. If it’s good, I’ll be envious and hate it all the more.
There are two kinds of people in this world, good and bad. The good people sleep better, but the bad people tend to have more fun during the waking hours.
I read ‘War and Peace’ in 20 minutes,” he says. “It’s about Russia.
Yeah, that’s what the present is. It’s a little unsatisfying because life’s a little unsatisfying.
I believe that love that is true and real, creates a respite from death.
Inez: You always take the side of the help. That’s why Daddy says you’re a communist.
I took a speed-reading course where you run your finger down the middle of the page and was able to read “War and Peace” in 20 minutes. It’s about Russia.
Over the years loved ones have said I’m a chronically dissatisfied person, and it’s true I’d always rather be where I’m not at the time.
There are still loonies who think I married my daughter, who think Soon-Yi was my child, who think Mia was my wife, who think I adopted Soon-Yi, who think that Obama wasn’t American. But there was never any trial. I was never charged with anything, as it was clear to the investigators nothing had ever occurred.
Ninety percent of success in life is just showing up.
It’s cruel to bring life into this terrible world.
Be alert. The world needs more lerts.
I told him to be fruitful and multiply, but not in those words.