I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely.

I tell you such fine music waits in the shadows of hell.

the writing of some men is like a vast bridge that carries you over the many things that claw and tear. The Wine of Forever

I think that everything should be made available to everybody, and I mean LSD, cocaine, codeine, grass, opium, the works. Nothing on earth available to any man should be confiscated and made unlawful by other men in more seemingly powerful and advantageous positions.

some moments are nice, some are nicer, some are even worth writing about.

The wisdom to quit is all we have left.

A yet women -good women- frightened me because they eventually wanted your soul, and what was left of mine, I wanted to keep. Basically I craved prostitutes, base women, because they were deadly and hard and made no personal demands. Nothing was lost when they left. Yet at the same time I yearned for a gentle, good woman, despite the overwhelming price.