Eve Babitz

For the first six months, all whe wanted was honest labor, finely crafted novels, and surf.

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For the first six months, all whe wanted was honest labor, finely crafted novels, and surf.

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Everybody steals my lines.

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I wasn't as used to the new dumb questions, so when men I had once thought of as wise daddies now asked me 'How do you write?' I did not try and spill red wine in their suede pants. I would just smile and say, 'On a typewriter in the mornings when there's nothing else to do.'

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From earliest childhood, I have rejoiced over the Santa Ana winds. I know those winds the way the Eskimos know their snows.

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'Dirty Dancing' is one of my favorite movies, and I was in love with Patrick Swayze for years, but I tried to stay out of his way and never to meet him because I knew if I did, he'd want to talk about yogurt or some weird dietary restriction or something.

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Quotes by Eve Babitz