“she was consumed by 3 simple things:drink, despair, loneliness; and 2 more:youth and beauty”
“Tragedy, sadness, loneliness and despair taught me that life is really a beautiful thing; if it wasn't I wouldn't be able to recognize that anything was wrong”
“My despair is less despair than boredom and loneliness.”
“The writer must be four people: 1) The nut, the obsede 2) The moron 3) The stylist 4) The critic. 1 supplies the material; 2 lets it come out; 3 is taste; 4 is intelligence.”
“...and my loneliness, always my loneliness - that airless bubble of despair that is slowing stifling me.”
“I knew this feeling, the 2 a.m. loneliness that I'd practically invented.”