I'd like to make five or six points about:
The desert
Magazine quizzes
Patio furniture
Generous eye contact
Old movies
New movies
The Iliad
The Talmud
Dance
Dirt
Oppressive eye contact
Summertime
The Midwest
The moon, to some extent
The cyclical nature of things
Wonder
Things that don’t really matter
Hand washing
Gravity
Breasts
The way a woman loves a dog
Multiplexes
Clouds as a concept
Producers of bad TV
Mess
Spite
Los Angeles
Art in America
Familiar quotations
Gossip companions
Regression
Restaurants
Hands
Jobs
Heartbreak
Nursing in America
The future
The fixture
Unresolved tension
Feeling disappointed by the Grand Canyon
Cabinetry
Social work
New machines
Minor classics
Wishing
Washing
Watching and being watched
Getting what you deserve
Las Vegas
This generation
The human and the divine
Trees
Grit
Guts
Topical solutions
The moment you start feeling bored
Headaches
Sleep
Touching everything you own
Moods
My nephew
Doing laundry
A totally different way of thinking about information
Haircuts
Show business
What it means to be part of a group
Clichés
Settees
Boredom
Stardom
Psoriasis
Goodness
Fictionalized versions of autobiographical material
My parents
Work
Frivolity
Piety
Coffee
Sitting
Shitting
The field
A wide variety of sources
Long and hard
What’s coming up for you
Something I heard yesterday on the radio
The automatic
Idiom
A big rock
Simple explanations for everything
The 4th leading cause of death in the U.S.
Where the wall meets the ceiling
Dust
Maritime disasters
G.I. issues
Tube tops
Chapped lips
Sitcom laugh tracks
Motion sickness
Collapse
Then you understand why
Shoplifting
Meaningless errands
Vague doubt
A persistent cough
Elasticity
Simultaneity
Accumulation
Zest
Zeal
Larger-than-life figures
Folklore
Jealousy
Sequels
Shopping
Arriving in New York
Departing New York
Wind