I enjoy the bad things that are said about me. It enhances sales and makes me feel evil. I don’t like to feel good ’cause I am good. But evil? Yes. It gives me another dimension.
I was drawn to all the wrong things: I liked to drink, I was lazy, I didn’t have a god, politics, ideas, ideals.
Alcohol is probably one of the greatest things to arrive upon the earth – alongside of me.
I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get.
Anybody can be a non-drunk. It takes a special talent to be a drunk. It takes endurance. Endurance is more important than truth.
Before you kill something make sure you have something better to replace it with...
If I stop writing I am dead. And that’s the only way I’ll stop: dead.
When I’m drinking around people, I tend to get silly or pugnacious or wild, which can cause problems.
Of course, there would always be arguments. That is the nature of Woman. They like the mutual exchange of dirty laundry, a bit of screaming, a bit of dramatics. Then an exchange of vows.
I give you soul. I give you wisdom and light and music and a bit of laughter. Also, I am the world’s greatest horseplayer.
Knowledge is knowing as little as possible.
The secret is writing down one simple line after another.
I broke that town in half like a wooden match.
It’s not so much that nothing means anything but more that it keeps meaning nothing. there’s no release, just gurus and self- appointed gods and hucksters. the more people say, the less there is to say. even the best books are dry sawdust.
There’s a light somewhere. It may not be much light but it beats the darkness.
I went to the bathroom and threw some water on my face, combed my hair. If I could only comb that face, I thought, but I can’t.
You’ve got to rise from the floor alone or fall back alone.
The years have gone by quickly. Death sits in the seat next to me. We make a lovely couple.
I tell you such fine music waits in the shadows of hell.
The human heart, as of course we all know is essentially good.