... I started to die 36 hours before I was born, so dying was a way of life for me. — Hubert Selby, Jr Copy Share Image
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 had been happening, almost dying but somehow staying alive, but… — Hubert Selby, Jr Copy Share Image
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… — Hubert Selby, Jr Copy Share Image
But to believe that getting stuff is the purpose and aim of life is madness. — Hubert Selby, Jr Copy Share Image
I'm focusing on writing the best story I can write. Which means I'm doing everything I can to give the artist within me as… — Hubert Selby, Jr Copy Share Image
I certainly do attempt to live according to spiritual principles. That's always the foundation of each and every day. I have experienced some things… — Hubert Selby, Jr Copy Share Image
Sometimes it seems to stand still. Like you’re in a bag and you can’t get out and somebody’s always telling you that it will… — Hubert Selby, Jr Copy Share Image
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… — Hubert Selby, Jr Copy Share Image
The resistance and the degree of the resistance to the natural phenomenon of life causes tremendous suffering. — Hubert Selby, Jr Copy Share Image
I've always felt alienated. I realized that I've been terrified my entire life. So I can identify that fear which drives so many of… — Hubert Selby, Jr Copy Share Image
I have to have a meaning in my life. If I roam around without some meaning in my life, I'm in deep and serious… — Hubert Selby, Jr Copy Share Image
It seems to me that what the artist sees is the simple and obvious that is invisible to everybody else. — Hubert Selby, Jr Copy Share Image
