In the morning I heard her walking arou… It was about 10:30 a.m. I was sick. I d… She shook me. “Listen, I want you to ge… “So what? I’ll screw her too.” “Yeah,” she laughed, “yeah.”

Then there were only 6 or 7 of us. The… “How you doing on your scheme, Chinaski… “No trouble at all,” I said. “O.K., br… “Yes, Woodburn.” “Listen, I don’t like to be bothered wi…

I never wear dark shades but this red head went to get a prescription filled on Hollywood Blvd… and she kept haggling and working at me, snapping and snarling.

Fay was all right with the pregnancy. F… I went out and checked the car. Came ba… “Oooh, oh,” she said. “No, wait.” Maybe she could save the world. I was p… “We better go now,” I said.

the virus holds the concepts give way like rotten shoelaces toothache and bacon dance on the lawn

I was sitting with an anarchist from Beverly Hills, Ben Solvnag, who was writing my biography when I heard her footsteps on the court walk. I knew the sound—they were always fast and fr...

The next day was Saturday and Debra coo… “All right.” “Are you hungover?” she asked. “Not too bad.” We ate in silence for a while, then she…

it was Philly and the bartender said what and I said, gimme a draft, Jim, got to get the nerves straight, I’m going to look for a job. you, he said, a job?

the other day I’m out at the track betting Early Bird that’s when you bet at the track before it opens)

naked along the side of the house, 8 a.m., spreading sesame seed oil over my body, Jesus, have I come to this? I once battled in dark alleys for a

This babe in the grandstand with dyed red hair kept leaning her breasts against me and talking about Gardena poker parlors

Abe Mortenson was had enough to be around but he was just a fool. You can forgive a fool because he only runs in one direction and doesn’t deceive anybody. It’s the deceivers who make y...

listen, he said, you ever seen a bunch o… bucket? no, I told him. well, what happens is that now and then… will climb up on top of the others