...If I ever got sloppy and maudlin, it would be for the streets of my childhood—but no self- respecting writer should ever eulogize a slum...

...why is my cat a Muse? the cat has the rare grace of never saying a word too much― Mark Twain ...that's why ...

...you want things to remain the same, which they never can, and so you’re wounded by your own feelings & resentful others don’t seem to care...

...at morning, I'm unruffled - I'll sit with my tea and Muse Cat beside me and listen to the soft chime of the grandfather clock...

...today there are bars of light on the rug, but Muse Cat prefers his tomato box where he can dream in private...

...you do violence with your words if you force them - art is given - the words received, moment by moment from unseen hands - call it a Muse ...

...I worship at the temple of your body and without you, I'd have no art...