Being an artist doesn’t take much, just everything you got. Which means, of course, that as the process is giving you life, it is also bringing you closer to death. But it’s no big deal. They are one in the same and cannot be avoided or denied. So when I totally embrace this process, this life/death, and abandon myself to it, I transcend all this meaningless gibberish and hang out with the gods. It seems to me that that is worth the price of admission.
We all need a meaning to our life. - Hubert Selby, Jr.
We all need a meaning to our life.
- Hubert Selby, Jr.
Sometimes we have the absolute certainty there's something inside us that's so hideous and monstrous that if we ever search it out we won't be able t… - Hubert Selby, Jr.
Sometimes we have the absolute certainty there's something inside us that's so hideous and monstrous that if we ever search it out we won't be able t…
One of the things that fascinates me is the music of speech. - Hubert Selby, Jr.
One of the things that fascinates me is the music of speech.
Everything about it was wrong. Thats why it worked so good. - Hubert Selby, Jr.
Everything about it was wrong. Thats why it worked so good.
I was sitting at home and had a profound experience. I experienced, in all of my Being, that someday I was going to die, and it wouldn't be like it h… - Hubert Selby, Jr.
I was sitting at home and had a profound experience. I experienced, in all of my Being, that someday I was going to die, and it wouldn't be like it h…
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 comfor… - Hubert Selby, Jr.
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 comfor…
Obviously, I believe that to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything and everyone… - Hubert Selby, Jr.
Obviously, I believe that to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything and everyone…
Angels is a tough word, because it is so involved with organized religion and everything else. I do know, absolutely, from my experience, there are s… - Hubert Selby, Jr.
Angels is a tough word, because it is so involved with organized religion and everything else. I do know, absolutely, from my experience, there are s…
I think the function of suffering is to let me know that my perception is skewed; what I’m doing is judging natural events in such a way that I am cr… - Hubert Selby, Jr.
I think the function of suffering is to let me know that my perception is skewed; what I’m doing is judging natural events in such a way that I am cr…
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