If You Would Learn A Thing, Straightway

Though Life's Tuition Is Always Ruinous, Inexorably We Learn.

In Art As In Lovemaking, Heartfelt Ineptitude Has Its Appeal And So Does Heartless Skill, But What You Want Is Passionate Virtuosity.

Self Knowledge Is Always Bad News.

He Wishes He Had Never Entered The Funhouse. But He Has. Then He Wishes He Were Dead. But He's Not. Therefore He Will Construct Funhouses For Others And Be Their Secret Operator -- Though He Would Rather Be Among The Lovers For Whom Funhouses Are Designed.

Choosing Is Existence. To The Extent That You Don't Choose, You Don't Exist.