There's nothing to stop a man from writing unless that man stops himself. If a man truly desires to write, then he will. Rejection and ridicule will only strengthen him. And the longer he is held back the stronger he will become, like a mass of rising water against a dam. There is no losing in writing, it will make your toes laugh as you sleep, it will make you stride like a tiger, it will fire the eye and put you face to face with death. You will die a fighter, you will be honored in hell. The luck of the word. Go with it, send it.

I'm going to open another vottle. not a vottle, but a bottle. you open it and I'll drink it. and you try to write as much as I did without falling off of your chair.

purple does something strange to me

Let it die. Let there be a new beginning. It’s awful. Goodnight.

Some nights I knew that if I slept I would die.

there was something about that city, though it didn't let me feel guilty that I had no feeling for the things so many others needed. it let me alone.

A day of minor profit or prophet led to a night of drunkenness.