To pay for my father's funeral I borrowed money from people he already owed money to. One called him a nobody. No, I said, he was a failure. You can't remember a nobody's name, that's why they're called nobodies. Failures are unforgettable.
Art is a crime scene in a sense, a crucible, of the mind and heart and our dreams. - Philip Schultz
Art is a crime scene in a sense, a crucible, of the mind and heart and our dreams.
- Philip Schultz
To pay for my father's funeral I borrowed money from people he already owed money to. One called him a nobody. No, I said, he was a failure. You can'… - Philip Schultz
To pay for my father's funeral I borrowed money from people he already owed money to. One called him a nobody. No, I said, he was a failure. You can'…
I'm the kind of father I wanted my father to be. That may be the sweetest revenge. - Philip Schultz
I'm the kind of father I wanted my father to be. That may be the sweetest revenge.
Happiness is a powerful thing. It freed me to do what I always wanted to do. - Philip Schultz
Happiness is a powerful thing. It freed me to do what I always wanted to do.
Emotional truth is the reward of digging deeply enough to find the truth about how one really feels, but in order to convey this truth with any force… - Philip Schultz
Emotional truth is the reward of digging deeply enough to find the truth about how one really feels, but in order to convey this truth with any force…
There are real facts in my poems, but facts mixed up in the perverse stubborn stew of imagination, add a pinch or two of revenge and retribution, a d… - Philip Schultz
There are real facts in my poems, but facts mixed up in the perverse stubborn stew of imagination, add a pinch or two of revenge and retribution, a d…
My poems often start with an idea, some kind of inspiration. I don't expect anything. Every now and then something like "The One Truth" comes out. - Philip Schultz
My poems often start with an idea, some kind of inspiration. I don't expect anything. Every now and then something like "The One Truth" comes out.
I wrote poetry in a secretive way, I think, a secret from myself, I mean. I wrote it because it gave me great pleasure to do so and because it reliev… - Philip Schultz
I wrote poetry in a secretive way, I think, a secret from myself, I mean. I wrote it because it gave me great pleasure to do so and because it reliev…
Every artist has his or her struggle to work out in their work. The more powerful the struggle, the more persuasive the art. - Philip Schultz
Every artist has his or her struggle to work out in their work. The more powerful the struggle, the more persuasive the art.
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