SEA RANCH, CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

Sometime a couple summers ago I was in line at a coffee store, and this girl in front of me said to her friend, “Oh my God if they get my order wrong again, I’m going to literally join Isis.”  And I thought to myself, I never understood before why anyone would want to join Isis, but now I want to join Isis. 

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

When I was a kid I was in history class and this kid made an anti-Semitic remark, and the teacher said “That’s wrong, do you guys know why?”  and I raised my hand and said “Well, you’re a history teacher, you mean he should have directed his acrimony towards the Romans?” If you’re asking me, I think the Jews, the Christians, the Muslims, they’re all being duped, and having their God replaced by a corrupt government.  I think that joke might work better if it takes place in an Alcoholics Anonymous class.  

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

If I stop talking and it all turns to black, it is the cure all we are seeking: Death. But beyond death lies another frontier, wherein, according to our culture, we will be faced with the same dilemma we were scared to face in the first place.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

Today everybody’s trying to say something clever, and then it almost immediately expires.  Everything is more ephemeral.  In the old days, if you wanted to say something clever, you had to write a novel, or die trying. Most novelists died trying. 

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

A film maker portrays a deranged artist making an accurate statement about the political reality of his fictional, provincial backstory.