Because anybody can write, but not everybody invents new forms of writing. Gertrude Stein invented a new form of writing and her imitators are just "talents."

I want a blaze of light to flame in me forever in a timeless, dear love of everything. And why should I pretend to want anything else?

LA is the loneliest and most brutal of American cities.

My eyes were glued on life and they were full of tears.

But why think about that when all the golden lands ahead of you and all kinds of unforseen events wait lurking to surprise you and make you glad you're alive to see?

As I grew older I became a drunk. Why? Because I like ecstasy of the mind.

The fact was I had the vision... I think everyone has... what we lack is the method.