An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist... - Charles Bukowski

"When I begin to doubt my ability to work the word, I simply read another writer and know I have nothing to worry about. My contest is only with myself, to do it right, with power, and force, and delight, and gamble."

"She's mad, but she's magic. There's no lie in her fire."

"Sometimes you just have to pee in the sink."

"what matters most is how well you walk through the fire"

"Boring damned people. All over the earth. Propagating more boring damned people. What a horror show. The earth swarmed with them."