Reality is contradictory. And it's paradoxical. Tom Robbins contradictoryparadoxicalreality Change image and share on social
Wit and playfulness represent a desperately serious transcendence of evil. Humor is both a form of wisdom and a means of survival. Tom Robbins desperatelyevilform Change image and share on social
Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature. Tom Robbins advancecautioushumanity Change image and share on social
I've decided to take advantage of outsourcing. My next novel will be written by a couple of guys in Bangalore, India. Tom Robbins advantagebangalorecouple Change image and share on social
I show up in my writing room at approximately 10 A.M. every morning without fail. Sometimes my muse sees fit to join me there and sometimes she doesn't, but she always knows where I'll be. She doesn't need to go hunting in the taverns or on the beach or drag the boulevard looking for me. Tom Robbins approximatelybeachboulevard share on social
When I go to the shore, I take along the poems of Pablo Neruda. I suppose it's because the poems are simultaneously lush and ripe and kind of lazy, yet throbbing with life - like summer itself. Tom Robbins kindlazylife Change image and share on social
The gods have chosen to entertain me with chronic eyestrain headaches. Very poisonous episodes. So I don't do a lot of reading anymore except on tape. Tom Robbins anymorechoosechronic Change image and share on social
The sky was the color of Edgar Allan Poe's pajamas. Tom Robbins allancoloredgar Change image and share on social
What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. Tom Robbins bothercomminglecritic share on social
I am cheerful. I don't know if I'm happy. There is a difference, you know. Tom Robbins cheerfuldifferencehappy Change image and share on social