I decided I wanted out because it was killing me, and I couldnt see where to go with it that wouldnt be fatal.
Richard HellI'm not into this memoir craze that's been going on for 20 years now and doesn't seem to ever let up. People just indiscriminately say "memoir" now when it's a person writing about their own life.
Richard HellAn autobiography is a life story. It starts when you're born and continues until the end.
Richard HellI remember the revelation it was to me when I realized I'd rather be smart in the way Elvis Presley was than in the way, say, Ludwig Wittgenstein was. The thing was, you could imagine you could be smart like Wittgenstein by just thinking hard enough, but Elvis just had it. It was almost spiritual. A kind of grace.
Richard Hell