I always like the bad ones. I know he's a bad one of some sort.
He's so damned nice and he's so awful. He's my sort of thing.
Hail Mary full of Grace the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death....
Good. I go. And if thou dost not love me, I love thee enough for both.
Fish, he said softly, aloud, I'll stay with you until I am dead.
Death is like an old whore in a bar--I'll buy her a drink but I won't go upstairs with her
But we were never lonely and never afraid when we were together. I know that the night is not the same as the day: that all things are different, that the things of the night cannot be explained in th...
But walking down the stairs feeling each stair carefully and holding to the banister he thought, I must get her away and get her away as soon as I can without hurting her. Because I am not doing too w...
But did thee feel the earth move?
And this was the price you paid for sleeping together.
And feel now. Thou hast no heart but mine.
What you don't write is often more important than what you do
Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing.... For he does his work alone and if he is a good enough writer he must face eternity, or the lack...
It's harder to write in the third person but the advantage is you move around better.
If a writer stops observing he is finished. Experience is communicated by small details intimately observed.
Do you suffer when you write? I don't at all. Suffer like a bastard when don't write, or just before, and feel empty and fucked out afterwards. But never feel as good as while writing.
You are going to die like a dog for no good reason
it is all very well for you to write simply and the simpler the better. But do not start to think so damned simply. Know how complicated it is and then state it simply.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward.