“I think my strength comes from being an insane drunk. Near death. Wanting death like a lover every day for years. My talent comes from madness - having survived madness.” — Dan Fante Copy Share Image
The passion has never left me. I live as two people - myself, Dan Fante, and Bruno Dante or Mickey Di Salvo, or whoever I say I am in one of my books. I can tap that Bruno character any time I need to. He lives inside me like a quiet, simmering pool of magma. Years ago I stopped feeding… — Dan Fante Copy Share
“All American politicians are bought and paid for by American lobbyists. We no longer have representative government here. We breed monsters like Kissinger and Nixon and Ronnie Reagan. Our senate and congress are run by pay-offs and special interest money. And the fun part is that most Americans are asleep about it. Give 'em a new SUV and a good… — Dan Fante Copy Share
“...man can survive ...he can kill and be twisted and broken and desperate and insane and fuck barnyard pets in the dark and wear… — Dan Fante Copy Share Image
“The British are civilized. People still read and some conversations can be interesting. By contrast American are fat and stupid and so thoroughly brain-blurred… — Dan Fante Copy Share Image
“We're fat, we're greedy, and we don't give a shit. Our religion is TV. Our saviour is Bill Gates. We've learned our lessons well.… — Dan Fante Copy Share Image
Stay in the present. And that's not a glib answer. The way to stay in the present is to have a love for what… — Dan Fante Copy Share Image
“I think my strength comes from being an insane drunk. Near death. Wanting death like a lover every day for years. My talent comes… — Dan Fante Copy Share Image
“Organized religion is horseshit. Spirituality -- the spirituality that I've come to know and experience -- has nothing to do with religion. Were it… — Dan Fante Copy Share Image
“My secret weapon is my anger. That's what stimulates me as an artist. I want change. I want it yesterday. I'm pissed off at… — Dan Fante Copy Share Image
I think we create our own reality by the thoughts we have. Recovery for me has been learning how to choose my thoughts, learning… — Dan Fante Copy Share Image
