My friend told me later he got the chicken pox. I told him I caught politics and never got over it.

I have an obsession with mortality. I saw a friend die when I was 18, and I can't get over it.

Saul Bellow never took my advice when he was my friend.

My friend has a baby. I'm recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he meant.

Gary Cooper was a good friend. He was a great nature lover. He was like an American Indian, he knew every leaf that was turned over. It was an education to go for a walk with him.

Michael is not only my friend, he's my family.