I reached for two things that always make me happy, an opium derivative and poetry. They work even better in combination; just ask E. A. Poe. More
"my story ishow deep the heart runsto hide & laughwith your handsover your blank mouthface behind the masktalking in tonguessomething tearingfeathers from a crowthat screamsfrom the furnacethe black candlein a skullsweet pain of meat"– Blues Chant Hoodoo Revival
"Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you."... More
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"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.... More
"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers... More
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein... More
"All lurid, unsavory, gruesome illustrations shall be eliminated." — Comics Code, 1954... More
"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More
