Poetry's always dead, you know? You don't realize how good poetry is until 15 years later.
Richard HellAnother thing that's good about writing to describe a situation or a state of consciousness is that you can finally get it right. That was my intention, and that's always interesting.
Richard HellA memoir is a book about some particular thread or theme or moment in a person's life, whereas an autobiography is the entire life.
Richard HellYou're always thinking, "What does that add up to?" You can't really get a handle on it. I was curious. I felt like it would be an interesting challenge for me to write down what I'd seen and done and learned - all the convolutions captured in one item that I could look at and get some grip on what the hell happened.
Richard HellIf you take text and image and you put them together, the multiple readings that are possible in either poetry or in something visual are reduced to one specific reading. By putting the two together, you limit the possibilities. Text and image don't always work together in the way music and song lyrics become part of each other.
Richard Hell