It's just that the grape has me down.

With me, my main vision for life was to avoid as many people as possible. The less people I saw the better I felt.

Beware of those who seek constant crowds; they are nothing alone.

In a more universal sense, we only get one thing. You know...a head stone if we're lucky; if not, green grass.

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.

Style is the answer to everything. A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing. To do a dull thing with style is preferable to doing a dangerous thing without it. To do a dangerous thing with style is what I call art.

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