Portlandings

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”

“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”

“You can’t just eat good food. You’ve got to talk about it too. And you’ve got to talk about it to somebody who understands that kind of food.”

“And so it goes.”

“To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.”

“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’”

“I have this disease late at night sometimes, involving alcohol and the telephone.”

“The waitress brought me another drink. She wanted to light my hurricane lamp again. I wouldn’t let her.
“Can you see anything in the dark, with your sunglasses on?” she asked me.
“The big show is inside my head,” I said.”