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> [“When I started writing I was a sick teenaged fuck inside who partly thought I was the new Marquis de Sade, a body doomed to communicate with Satan who was us- ing my sickness as his home away from home,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-cooper/when-i-started-writing-i-was-a-sick-teenaged-fuck-inside-who-partly/)

[Dennis Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-cooper/)

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## More by Dennis Cooper

> [Why is it I feel a new nostalgia for the era of the guillotine?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-cooper/why-is-it-i-feel-a-new-nostalgia-for-the-era-of-the-guillotine/)

[Dennis Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-cooper/)

> [A lot of writers do think of their characters as living beings. I know that's the way people think. That's why I try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-cooper/a-lot-of-writers-do-think-of-their-characters-as-living-beings-i-know/)

[Dennis Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-cooper/)

> [“Emotional. Out of his mind grateful. Anything goes. I love you, I love you, I love you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-cooper/emotional-out-of-his-mind-grateful-anything-goes-i-love-you-i-love/)

[Dennis Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-cooper/)

> [Before I decided to concentrate on writing, I drew pictures and painted, and made Super 8 experimental movies. I was the singer in three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-cooper/before-i-decided-to-concentrate-on-writing-i-drew-pictures-and/)

[Dennis Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-cooper/)

> [Cult writer. It's a weird term because it's complimentary but condescending at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-cooper/cult-writer-it-s-a-weird-term-because-it-s-complimentary-but/)

[Dennis Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-cooper/)

> [I think pornography is a very rich medium, and I've studied it closely and learned quite a lot as a writer from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-cooper/i-think-pornography-is-a-very-rich-medium-and-i-ve-studied-it-closely/)

[Dennis Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-cooper/)

> [My novels tend to take a long time to become exactly what they're going to be. They're fluid messes until I've done a ton…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-cooper/my-novels-tend-to-take-a-long-time-to-become-exactly-what-they-re/)

[Dennis Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-cooper/)

> [I was thinking a lot about music, about how music is mixed and how everything is happening at the same time; it just amounts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-cooper/i-was-thinking-a-lot-about-music-about-how-music-is-mixed-and-how/)

[Dennis Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-cooper/)

> [“When a child grows old enough to know J.R.R. Tolkien was just staring at a typewriter, the truth can be a wounding exposé.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-cooper/when-a-child-grows-old-enough-to-know-j-r-r-tolkien-was-just-staring/)

[Dennis Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-cooper/)

> [“I'm a talentless but popular young singer and I have the feeling someone is watching me. I use the term loosely because I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-cooper/i-m-a-talentless-but-popular-young-singer-and-i-have-the-feeling/)

[Dennis Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-cooper/)

> [“But here I am blocking the view of this simple scene, like a director who accidentally walks in front of his own projector, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-cooper/but-here-i-am-blocking-the-view-of-this-simple-scene-like-a-director/)

[Dennis Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-cooper/)

> [When I read Spencer Madsen’s poetry, I not only feel awe because he’s so good, one of the best, but I also think about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-cooper/when-i-read-spencer-madsen-s-poetry-i-not-only-feel-awe-because-he-s/)

[Dennis Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-cooper/)

> [Dan thought of love as defined by books, cobwebbed and hidden from view by the past. Too bad a love like that didn't actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-cooper/dan-thought-of-love-as-defined-by-books-cobwebbed-and-hidden-from/)

[Dennis Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-cooper/)

> [“When I started writing I was a sick teenaged fuck inside who partly thought I was the new Marquis de Sade, a body doomed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-cooper/when-i-started-writing-i-was-a-sick-teenaged-fuck-inside-who-partly/)

[Dennis Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-cooper/)

> [I want to love someone so selflessly that he would never even think about going away. I suppose that's what most people want. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-cooper/i-want-to-love-someone-so-selflessly-that-he-would-never-even-think/)

[Dennis Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-cooper/)

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