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I do think that poetry is important though, if you don’t strive at it, if you don’t fill it full of stars and falseness.

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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...more

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He asked, "What makes a man a writer?" "Well," I said, "it's simple. You either get it down on paper, or jump off a bridge.

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The secret is writing down one simple line after another.

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Don’t ever write a novel unless it hurts like a hot turd coming out

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nothing can save you except writing. it keeps the walls from failing.

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There's no point in writing my kind of stuff, when they're printing that kind of stuff. So I gave up and started drinking.

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Basically, that's why I wrote: to save my ass, to save my ass from the madhouse, from the streets, from myself.

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The writer has no responsibility other than to jack off in bed alone and write a good page.

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unless the sun inside you is burning your gut, don't do it

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Isolation is a gift. Everything else is just a test of your endurance. You will be alone with the Gods. Your nights will flame with fire.

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Writing is something that you don't know how to do. You sit down and it's something that happens, or it may not happen. So, how can you teach anybody ...more

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Yes?’ he asked, looking at me over the sheet.‘I’m a writer temporarily down on my inspirations.’‘Oh, a writer, eh?’‘Yes.’‘Are you sure?’‘No, I’m not.’...more

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What is your advice to young writers?""Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes.""What is your advice to older writers?""If you're still alive, you ...more

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What is your advice to young writers?” “Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes.