Margaret Meade is always running around saying that marijuana's just like bread and water! Well, bread and water are poison, and marijuana's a poison. Now, if you like poison, why shouldn't you have it? But don't try to pretend that it's innocuous.
James PurdyThe New York Times is the worst newspaper in the world and it's extremely vicious to artists.
James PurdyPublishers seem to be in an alcoholic haze most of the time. Well, the publishers have no idea what a writer is.
James PurdyNew York establishment isn't really a literary establishment. It's just a collection of broken down old newspaper hacks who pass judgment on books that they have not even read, with assuredness of Jehova.
James Purdy