I decided I wanted out because it was killing me, and I couldnt see where to go with it that wouldnt be fatal.

- Richard Hell

The purpose of rock n' roll is to convince girls to pay money to get close to you.

- Richard Hell

I believe in people treating each other with respect.

- Richard Hell

A memoir takes some particular threads, some incidents, some experience from a person's life and gives an account of it.

- Richard Hell

I'm usually alone or asleep, at home.

- Richard Hell

An autobiography is a life story. It starts when you're born and continues until the end.

- Richard Hell

If you take text and image and you put them together, the multiple readings that are possible in either poetry or in something visual are reduced to …

- Richard Hell

In fact I thought life was pretty much a losing proposition, and I didn't mind saying so.

- Richard Hell

I usually don't think of anyone ever suspecting that I might be someone who'd cry at stuff. I cry at movies all the time. And sometimes it really pis…

- Richard Hell