Hubert Selby, Jr. Quotes
Eventually we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions, everything we have done, and have not done.
He didnt know what was defeating him, but he sensed it was something he could not cope with, something that was far beyond his power to control or even at this point in time comprehend.
There's a sorrow and pain in everyone's life, but every now and then there's a ray of light that melts the loneliness in your heart and brings comfort like hot soup and a soft bed.
But to believe that getting stuff is the purpose and aim of life is madness.
No matter how beautiful the outside may be, the inside still has feelings and needs that just words don't fulfill.
For weeks Tyrone thought he was going to die any minute, and there were also times when he was afraid he wasnt going to die.
But you cant shut everyone out. I mean you have to have someone to love. . .someone to hold on to. . . someone--
One of the things I have become aware of through the years is how much I love the people I write about.
It seems to me that what the artist sees is the simple and obvious that is invisible to everybody else.
thats why you cant be worried about the world. theyll just do you in anyway. you can't depend on them because sooner or later theyll turn on you or just disapear and leave you there alone.
However they may have felt when they left they were now committed, they had passed the point of no return.
But I knew that someday I was going to die. And just before I died two things would happen; Number 1: I would regret my entire life. Number 2: I would want to live my life over again.
There are a lot of people in this country who really like my writing. And a lot of writers respect me. But the so-called establishment? They hate me.
I suspect there will never be a requiem for a dream, simply because it will destroy us before we have the opportunity to mourn it's passing.
Writing, like any art, is a continuing process of discovering the infinite possibilities of Life.
I've always felt alienated. I realized that I've been terrified my entire life. So I can identify that fear which drives so many of the people that I write about.
All the energy of their frustration and fear going into their laughter.
...and he just sat back and stared at the tube, almost interested in what was happening, trying to find the ability to believe in that lie so he could believe the one within.
The resistance and the degree of the resistance to the natural phenomenon of life causes tremendous suffering.
My writing is inspired by just about everything, yet I am unaware of so much of the process.
An extraordinary writer....It is the vastness of Nick Tosches’ heart that makes it possible to reveal the darkness.
I think Mozart, like you, is an example of someone who has the gods moving through him, and his religion was creation.
I'm focusing on writing the best story I can write. Which means I'm doing everything I can to give the artist within me as much power as possible.
I have to have a meaning in my life. If I roam around without some meaning in my life, I'm in deep and serious trouble. I can't, I just can't exist.
I have rituals for cleaning out resentments, disappointments, heartbreak, depression and for work. One of the things I do is go over old stuff if I have been unable to write for a while.
... I started to die 36 hours before I was born, so dying was a way of life for me.
Bodies need poison. Withdrawals without it. Toxin-free airs a killer.
