David

“In a very real sense, the writer writes in order to teach himself, to understand himself; the publishing of his ideas, though it brings gratifications, is a curious anticlimax.”
― Alfred Kazin

“The writer is always to some extent in exile, wherever he is, because he is somehow outside, separated from others; there is always a distance.”
― Ismail Kadaré

“Simplicity is always the secret, to a profound truth, to doing things, to writing, to painting. Life is profound in its simplicity.”
― Charles Bukowski

“Oftentimes in those roominghouses and cheap apartments there was nothing to do when you were broke and starving and down to the last bottle. There was nothing to do but listen to those wild arguments. It made you realize that you weren't the only one who was more than discouraged with the world, you weren't the only one moving toward madness.”
― Charles Bukowski