The figure of the gunman in the window was inextricable from the victim and his history. This sustained Oswald in his cell. It gave him what he needed to live. The more time he spent in a cell, the stronger he would get. Everybody knew who he was now. – Don Delillo
I thought it was a wonderfully conceptual act actually, to fire a replica pistol at a figurehead — the guy could have been working for Andy Warhol! – J. G. Ballard
Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there — I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television. – Andy Warhol
Were constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
But Jesus, when you dont have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, its sex. When you have both, its health, you worry about getting ruptured or something. If everything is simply jake then youre frightened of death. – J. P. Donleavy