nothing can save you except writing. it keeps the walls from... - Charles Bukowski

"An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way."

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

"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."

"Some lose all mind and become soul,insane.some lose all soul and become mind, intellectual.some lose both and become accepted"

"To do a dull thing with style-now that's what I call art."