The American white man (not to speak of the Indian, the Negro, the Mexican) hasn't a ghost of a chance. If he has any talent he's doomed to have it crushed one way or another. The American way is to seduce a man by bribery and make a prostitute of him. Or else to ignore him, starve him into submission and make a hack of him.
Henry MillerDay by day. No yesterdays and no tomorrows. The barometer never changes, the flag is always at half-mast.
Henry MillerAnd the books you write. They're not you. They're not me sitting here, this Henry Miller. They belong to someone else. It's terrible. You can never rest.
Henry MillerEvery man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.
Henry Miller