I think someday you're going to be a great writer," he said. "But" he added maliciously, "first you'll have to suffer a bit. I mean really suffer, because you don't know what the word means yet. You only think you've suffered. You've got to fall in love first.
Henry MillerWe do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers, magazines and digests.
Henry MillerI found that what I had desired all my life was not to live - if what others are doing is called living - but to express myself.
Henry MillerYou can travel fifty thousand miles in America without once tasting a piece of good bread.
Henry Miller