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We are both drawn to surreal situations so the writing was a joy.

Probably one of the most surreal moments of my career was acting in front of Notre Dame with a mime.

'Saturday Night Live' was 100% the most surreal TV we've ever done. Leonardo DiCaprio was on the same show.

It's surreal, Glasgow. It's got a really black sense of humor and I remember being envious of John Glazer beating me to it on the sci-fi in Glasgow with 'Under the Skin.'

It is wonderful but kind of surreal when people turn to me and say they see some kind of an inspiration.

We now have to see our country surrender to the enemy without demonstrating our power up to 120 percent. We are now on a course for a humiliating peace - or, rather, a humiliating surrender.

Pol Pot will surrender, be captured or commit suicide.

To paraphrase the late Christopher Hitchens, religion was mankind's first and therefore worst tool for understanding the world. Yet for all that

But I guess even the knights were vessels to someone. Isn't that the way it worked? But then everyone is always a vessel to someone.

She jerked away from me like a startled fawn might,if I had a startled fawn and it jerked away from me.

As it is she will probably turn out to be one of these acid-faced virgins that sit behind little desks in public libraries and stamp dates in books.

Mr Cobb was my escort. Such a nice escort, Mr Cobb. So attentive. You should see him sober. I should see him sober. Somebody should see him sober. I mean, just for the record. So it could become a part of history, that brief flashing moment, soon buried in time, but never forgotten - when Larry Cobb was sober.

It was a smooth silvery voice that matched her hair. It had a tiny tinkle in it, like bells in a doll's house. I thought that was silly as soon as I thought of it.

Hair like steel wool grew far back on his head and gave him a domed brown forehead that might at careless glance seemed a dwelling place for brains.

I was fired. For insubordination. I test very high on insubordination

I don't greatly care for passes this early in the morning.

She poured us some more Scotch. It didn't seem to affect her any more than water affects Boulder Dam.

The voice was cool, drawling, and insolent, but the eyes were something else. She looked about as hard to get as a haircut.

It's a sordid life, but I'm used to it.

Racket beer, sonny," he said sadly. "Tasteless as a roadhouse blonde." (Spanish Blood)

So I got out my office bottle and took the drink and let my self-respect ride its own race.

I don't mind if you don't like my manners. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings

he looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

Mr. Cobb was my escort, she said. Such a nice escort, Mr. Cobb. So attentive. You should see him sober. I should see him sober. Somebody should him sober. I mean, just for the record. So it could become a part of history, that brief flashing moment, soon buried in time, but never forgotten — when Larry Cobb was sober.