“How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 8:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so? ”
― Factotum
― Factotum
“if you get married they think you're
finished
and if you are without a woman they think you're
incomplete.”
―
finished
and if you are without a woman they think you're
incomplete.”
―
“What is your advice to young writers?”
“Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes.”
― Hot Water Music
“Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes.”
― Hot Water Music
“and when nobody wakes you up in the morning, and when nobody waits for you at night, and when you can do whatever you want. what do you call it, freedom or loneliness?”
―
―
“I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
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