“I knew a Buddhist once, and I've hated myself ever since.”

“I've always considered writing the most hateful kind of work. I suspect it's a bit like fucking, which is only fun for amateurs. Old whores don't do much giggling.”

“I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.”

“Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.”

“I felt a tremendous distance between myself and everything real.”

“I never knew where I was going, but I ripped the tits off of everything that got in my way. By the time they figured me out, it was too late.”

“He had come so far from himself that I don'tthink he knew who he was anymore.”