"Everything was a trap: women, drugs, whiskey, wine, scotch, beer - even beer - cigars, and cigarettes. Traps: Work or no work. Traps: Artistry or no artistry; everything sucked you into some spiderweb. I disdained the use of the needle for the same reason that I disdained some so-called beautiful women - the price was far beyond the measure of the worth. I didn't want to hustle that hard."

-- Charles Bukowski

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“I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.”
“Forgiving behavior is dealing with situations as they arise in an assertive manner and then letting go of any lingering resentment. As the leader, if you are not able to let go of the resentment, it will consume you and render you ineffective.”
“And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.”
“I realize that most of us live on the skin - on the surface - without appreciating just how wonderful it is simply to be alive at all.”
“Iâ€™ve always essentially been a New Yorker,”
“I don't banter with the audience, cause I don't have anything to say to them, and I'm not feeling any sense of ease or camaraderie when I'm on stage.”

Source : "Destroyer". Interview with Matt LeMay, pitchfork.com. June 12, 2006.
“Habit is the best thing for you if youâ€™re trying to write prose.”
“We started this band as kids, and as time has gone on, we've grown and are learning to accommodate each others' differences.”

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