You cannot friend a hawk, they said, unless you are a hawk yourself, alone and only a sojourner in the land, without friends or the need of them.

“Beating heroin is child's play compared to beating your childhood.”

“But none of them taught me the things I learned from Carrie White. The most imp…”

“Almost everyone can remember losing his or her virginity, and most writers can …”

“if you tell yourself the great lie of bad art-that you are in charge-your chanc…”