I don't know that I could really define love. I can't . . . again, it's like trying to define what this creative force is. It's beyond my ability to really define. If I can define it, then it's not it. We're right back to that thing again.
Hubert Selby, Jr.But you cant shut everyone out. I mean you have to have someone to love. . .someone to hold on to. . . someone--
Hubert Selby, Jr.It seems to me that what the artist sees is the simple and obvious that is invisible to everybody else.
Hubert Selby, Jr.thats why you cant be worried about the world. theyll just do you in anyway. you can't depend on them because sooner or later theyll turn on you or just disapear and leave you there alone.
Hubert Selby, Jr.