"Much publishing is done through politics, friends, and natural stupidity." — Charles Bukowski

There will always be something to ruin our lives, it all depends on what or which finds us first. We are always ripe and ready to be taken.

To do a dull thing with style-now that's what I call art.

To not to have entirely wasted one's life seems to be a worthy accomplishment, if only for myself.

I used to live on one candy bar a day - it cost a nickel. I always remember the candy bar was called Payday. That was my payday. And that candy bar tasted so good, at night I would take one bite, and it was so beautiful.