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

"be it peace or happinesslet it enfold you"

"when I am feelinglowall i have to do iswatch my catsand mycouragereturns"

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

"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."

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