there is a place in the heart that will never be filled a space and even during the best moments and the greatest times times we will know it we will know it more than ever there is a place in the heart that will never be filled and we will wait and wait in that space.

True revolution comes from true revulsion; when things get bad enough the kitten will kill the lion.

Do you hate people? I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.

That was the trouble with being a writer, that was the main trouble—leisure time, excessive leisure time. You had to wait around for the buildup until you could write and while you were waiting you went crazy, and while you were going crazy you drank and the more you drank the crazier you got.

If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.

my youth, one time, that time I knew even through the nothingness, it was a celebration of something not to do but only know.

The courage it took to get out of bed each morning to face the same things over and over was enormous.