Drink from the well of yourself and begin again.

There's no way I can stop writing, it's a form of insanity.

Art is its own excuse, and it's either Art or it's something else. It's either a poem or a piece of cheese.

In a capitalistic society the losers slaved for the winners and you have to have more losers than winners.

What? You’d dare drink right after getting out of jail for intoxication?” That’s when you need a drink the most.

I was a man who thrived on solitude; without it I was like another man without food or water. Each day without solitude weakened me. I took no pride in my solitude; but I was dependent on it. The darkness of the room was like sunlight to me.

Most people are much better at saying things in letters than in conversation, and some people can write artistic, inventive letters, but when they try a poem or story or novel they become pretentious.