One night I was coming around the corner after sneaking down to the cafeteria for a pack of smokes. And there was a face I knew. It was Tom Moto! The guy I had subbed with under The Sto...

this man used to be an interesting writer, he was able to say brisk and refreshing things. at the time

We were eating meatballs and spaghetti. My problems were always discussed at dinner time. Dinner time was almost always an unhappy time. I didn’t answer my father’s question. “Henry, an...

well, first Mae West died and then George Raft, and Eddie G. Robinson’s been gone long time,

I wait on life like a pregnancy, p… the gut but all I hear now is the piano slamming its teeth throu… brain

dying for a beer dying for and of life on a windy afternoon in Hollywood listening to symphony music from m… on the floor.

he met her at the racetrack, a str… blonde with round hips, well-bosom… turned-up nose, flower mouth, in a… wearing white high-heeled shoes. she began asking him questions abo…

the blue pencil of the wave shots of yellow road a steering wheel an insane woman sitting next to you

red face Texas and age he’s at an L.A. racetrack

the guy in the front court can’t speak English, he’s Greek, a rather stupid-looking and fairly ugly man. now my landlord does some painting…

I didn’t know exactly why but Chuck, Eddie, Gene and Frank let me join them in some of their games. I think it started when another guy showed up and they needed three on a side. I stil...

there are these small cliffs above the sea and it is night, late night; I have been unable to sleep, and with my car above me

The next day I sat in the hall in my green tin chair, waiting to be called. Across from me sat a man who had something wrong with his nose. It was very red and very raw and very fat and...

Every night was about the same. I’d drive along the coast looking for a place to have dinner. I wanted an expensive place that wasn’t too crowded. I developed a nose for those places. I...