#alison poole

[litkidclippings]

Great minds sink alike, right?

Jay McInerney - Story of My Life

[litkidclippings]

Not that I'm an expert on employment but maybe jobs are like lovers--one day they're boring and stupid but suddenly they're real desirable when you think you're getting dumped.

Jay McInerney - Story of My Life

[litkidclippings]

. . . this seems to go against all the rules of friendship and drug abuse. . .

Jay McInerney - Story of My Life

[litkidclippings]

Men are so stuck inside these codes of behavior, they're like musicians who only know three chords. Emotionally they're punks.

Jay McInerney - Story of My Life

[litkidclippings]

I don't know, these downtown artsy coifs may get attention, but not necessarily the right kind. I don't think most guys are too keen on running their fingers through a fashion statement.

Jay McInerney - Story of My Life

[litkidclippings]

People who are really fucked up love having somebody who they can think is a little farther out on the limb.

Jay McInerney - Story of My Life

[litkidclippings]

He says, I'm just saying that even if I were lying, which I wasn't--truth isn't always an unalloyed virtue. I go, a what? Unalloyed, he says. That means pure. And I'm like, no wonder I don't know it.

Jay McInerney - Story of My Life

[litkidclippings]

It's a funny thing but I've noticed when I'm with creative guys like artists and actors, they hardly ever talk about their work, they're always talking about the stock market or something like they're trying to convince you they understand the real world, then you get with stockbrokers and bankers and all they want to talk about is art and the theater and they practically apologize for making a lot of money.

Jay McInerney - Story of My Life