The only real laughter comes from despair.

“I’ll put off reading Lolita for six more years until she turns 18.”

“When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best frien…”

“Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book -and does”

“I don’t have a photograph, but you can have my footprints. They’re upstairs in …”