When we say someone is out of her mind the problem is actually that she’s spending too much time inside it.
A boy who plays with dolls is looked at with suspicion. A girl who plays with mud is not looked at.
All people are created equal and it is the function of society to rectify that condition.
As a waiter I do not grow food, I do not cook food, I only suggest food and then bring whatever a customer picks. I am, essentially, a food consultant.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
First we pretended there was money in stocks. Then we pretended there was money in real estate. Now our economy is experiencing a jobless recovery. The idea seems to be that if our money is imagined, why bother to explain where it’s coming from?
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
There’s nothing romantic about being a writer. Its labor is undertaken in solitude and its fruits are usually enjoyed in the same manner.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
I think the appeal of a blank slate is not the fresh possibilities but the fact that you’re no longer staring at your failures.
I always look forward to Summer even when it’s already here.
There is a species of dysfunctional romantic for whom the concept of love is defined by its collapse.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Boredom is ancestor to all luxury.