“My best experience as a writer was working with Michael Ondaatje. He let me dismantle his novel, reimagine it, and still had dinner with me and gave me good notes. But the best thing about writing has been the writer's life, the sense of being expressed, the ownership of the day, the entirely specious sense of freedom we have, however slave we are to some boss or other. I wouldn't trade it for any other life.” WritingHas BeensStillsNovelLet MeTradeSlaveNotesDinnerBest ThingsBossOwnershipBest Experiences Author:Anthony
“In the ’70s it was skateboards, in the ’80s it was drugs, in the ’90s it was art, and now it’s my family.” ArtDrugMy Family80s Author:Anthony
“When I do think, ‘Man a f—cking motel room with a couple of thousand dollars worth of narcotics would do me right,’ I just look over at my dog and remember that Buster’s never seen me high.” ThinkingMenLooksRememberRoomsDogCoupleThousandDollarsMy DogNarcoticsBustersMotelsScar Tissue Author:Anthony
“I'm tired of high policy talks. I want to focus on nuts and bolts.” WantFocusPolicyTiredNutsI'm TiredBoltsNuts And Bolts Author:Dave Freudenthal
“The safest course for public officials is simply to throw all of the money in a sack.” CoursesOfficialsPublic Officials Author:Dave Freudenthal
“There is no evil in the world without a remedy.” WorldEvilRemedyGood Against Evil Author:Jacopo Sannazaro
“I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position.” ArtStillsSocialBeautyPositionVictimChessAesthetic Author:Marcel Duchamp