“Of course, the wedding preparations are very stressful," my mother says.My father grunts. "You're not the one writing the checks.”
“When you're rich you don't write checks.”
“God, you don't just barge in on my father, and definitely not my mother."No way. You check with their personal secretaries first. Check out their moods. Then you make an appointment to slip in. There are basic things you learn when your parents run a planet.”
“My father became a mythical figure, more force than man. . .he was a force my mother would use as a threat of wrath and punishment." In "Father Close, Father Far" New California Writing”
“A family man from SiberiaAs a father was very inferiorBut one operationRevised the situationAnd now he's Mother Superior”
“Check her out. She‟s fuckin‟ hot.”“Wedding band,” I say.“She sings in one?"“No, jackass. She's wearing one.”