--- title: "1 Process Life Quotes By Hubert Selby Jr" description: "1 Process Life quotes by Hubert Selby Jr. Plus more from Hubert Selby Jr and more Process Life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/266/hubert-selby-jr-2-25618_art_being-an-artist-doesn-t-take-much-just-e_3009004.jpg" --- > [“Being an artist doesn't take much. Just everything you got. Which means of course that as the process is giving you life, it is also bringing you closer to death. But it's no big deal. They are one in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/being-an-artist-doesn-t-take-much-just-everything-you-got-which-means-2/) [Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/266/hubert-selby-jr-2-25618_art_being-an-artist-doesn-t-take-much-just-e_3009004.jpg) ## More by Hubert Selby Jr > [“Time has to pass. But sometimes its so goddamn long. Sometimes it just seems to drag and drag and weigh a ton. And hang…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/time-has-to-pass-but-sometimes-its-so-goddamn-long-sometimes-it-just/) [Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/) > [“They luxuriated in the feeling of deep and all pervading satisfaction, a feeling of knowing absolutely that all was well with the world...Not only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/they-luxuriated-in-the-feeling-of-deep-and-all-pervading-satisfaction/) [Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/) > [“It's always the same--you get used to one thing, then it changes. Get used to another, and that changes. Over and over. Always the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/it-s-always-the-same-you-get-used-to-one-thing-then-it-changes-get/) [Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/) > [“That's why you can't be worried about the world. They'll just do you in anyway. You can't depend on them because sooner or later…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/that-s-why-you-can-t-be-worried-about-the-world-they-ll-just-do-you/) [Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/) > [“The summer sun continued to rise in the sky and propel shocks of heat down on the city and the heavy moisture moistened bodies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/the-summer-sun-continued-to-rise-in-the-sky-and-propel-shocks-of-heat/) [Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/) > [“I do believe that LAST EXIT is a microcosm and that everything in the world exists within each of us which is what makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/i-do-believe-that-last-exit-is-a-microcosm-and-that-everything-in-the/) [Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/) > [“This book is dedicated, with love, to Bobby, who has found the only pound of pure- Faith in a Loving God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/this-book-is-dedicated-with-love-to-bobby-who-has-found-the-only/) [Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/) > [“i think thats one of the problems with the world today, nobody knows who they are. everyone is running around looking for an identity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/i-think-thats-one-of-the-problems-with-the-world-today-nobody-knows/) [Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/) > [“Why did you start to write? I left at 15.. I started to write becase I was taken off a ship from Germany when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/why-did-you-start-to-write-i-left-at-15-i-started-to-write-becase-i/) [Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/) > [“I need more than the streets. I don’t want to be a floating crap game all my life. I want to be something .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/i-need-more-than-the-streets-i-don-t-want-to-be-a-floating-crap-game/) [Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/) > [“In the winter everyones hate was bare if you looked. She saw hate in the icicles that hung from her window; she saw it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/in-the-winter-everyones-hate-was-bare-if-you-looked-she-saw-hate-in/) [Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/) > [“It/ll be better tomorrow...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/it-ll-be-better-tomorrow/) [Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/) > [“...and yet there was not a definable thought in his mind. Only a terrifying effort to get from one side of a match box…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/and-yet-there-was-not-a-definable-thought-in-his-mind-only-a/) [Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/) > [“A guy needs something to give his life a reason or what's the point of living?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/a-guy-needs-something-to-give-his-life-a-reason-or-what-s-the-point/) [Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/) > [“I guess we're kindred souls and that's why we can feel so close to each other.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/i-guess-we-re-kindred-souls-and-that-s-why-we-can-feel-so-close-to/) [Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/process-life/hubert-selby-jr-2/#itemlist", "name": "1 Process Life Quotes By Hubert Selby Jr", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Being an artist doesn't take much. 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