“People should fall in love with their eyes closed.”

“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want.”

“You have to be willing to get happy about nothing.”

“Actually, I jade very quickly. Once is usually enough. Either once only, or every day. If you do something once its exciting, and if you do it every day its exciting. But if you do it, say, twice o...”

“Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.”

“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.”

“After being alive, the next hardest work is having sex.”

“I just do art because Im ugly and theres nothing else for me to do.”

“The minute we moved in (1712 North Crescent Heights), Dennis Hopper decided to give a party for Andy (Warhol), who was coming out to Los Angeles, and he decided that the one thing that would really...”

“A few blossoms float into the room. They drop like frayed yellow ribbons on the gray carpet.”

“Gula and Cali lie on their sides, their tiny adder-mouths showing the pink of their palates, their bodies throbbing with lustful and obscene dreams. The sky releases its burden of sun and color. Ey...”

“... there was no need for him to hasten towards the attainment of a happiness already captured and held in a safe place, which would not escape his grasp again.”

“Nothing is as it seems, but something is everything it is made out to be.”

“Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?”

“You'd be surprised how easy some things can be, things you never thought you'd do, when you take self-respect out of the equation.”