“Genius could be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way, or even to say a simple thing in a simpler way.”
― Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook: Uncollected Stories and Essays, 1944-1990
― Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook: Uncollected Stories and Essays, 1944-1990
“the price of creation
is never
too high.
the price of living
with other people
always
is.”
― You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
is never
too high.
the price of living
with other people
always
is.”
― You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
“Like anybody can tell you, I am not a very nice man. I don't know the word. I have
always admired the villain, the outlaw, the son of a bitch. I don't like the clean-shaven
boy with the necktie and the good job. I like desperate men, men with broken teeth
and broken minds and broken ways. They interest me. They are full of surprises and
explosions. I also like vile women, drunk cursing bitches with loose stockings and
sloppy mascara faces. I'm more interested in perverts than saints. I can relax with
bums because I am a bum. I don't like laws, morals, religions, rules. I don't like to be
shaped by society.”
― South of No North
always admired the villain, the outlaw, the son of a bitch. I don't like the clean-shaven
boy with the necktie and the good job. I like desperate men, men with broken teeth
and broken minds and broken ways. They interest me. They are full of surprises and
explosions. I also like vile women, drunk cursing bitches with loose stockings and
sloppy mascara faces. I'm more interested in perverts than saints. I can relax with
bums because I am a bum. I don't like laws, morals, religions, rules. I don't like to be
shaped by society.”
― South of No North
“Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.”
― Snow
― Snow
“I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get.”
― Ham on Rye
― Ham on Rye
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