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> [Each sporadic burst of work, each minor success and disappointment, each moment of calm and relaxation, seemed merely a temporary halt on my steady descent through layer after layer of depression, like an elevator stopping for a moment on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-alvarez/each-sporadic-burst-of-work-each-minor-success-and-disappointment/)

[Al Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-alvarez/)

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## More by Al Alvarez

> [I absolutely don't believe in anything. Full stop. Including luck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-alvarez/i-absolutely-don-t-believe-in-anything-full-stop-including-luck/)

[Al Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-alvarez/)

> [“I balanced all, brought all to mind, The years to come seemed waste of breath, A waste of breath the years behind In balance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-alvarez/i-balanced-all-brought-all-to-mind-the-years-to-come-seemed-waste-of/)

[Al Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-alvarez/)

> [Despair, in short, seeks its own environment as surely as water finds its own level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-alvarez/despair-in-short-seeks-its-own-environment-as-surely-as-water-finds/)

[Al Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-alvarez/)

> [“Suicide is, after all, the result of a choice. However impulsive the action and confused the motives, at the moment when a man finally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-alvarez/suicide-is-after-all-the-result-of-a-choice-however-impulsive-the/)

[Al Álvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-alvarez/)

> [When you make a bet, you're saying something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-alvarez/when-you-make-a-bet-you-re-saying-something/)

[Al Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-alvarez/)

> [Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of control over what seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-alvarez/twentieth-century-art-may-start-with-nothing-but-it-flourishes-by/)

[Al Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-alvarez/)

> [Each sporadic burst of work, each minor success and disappointment, each moment of calm and relaxation, seemed merely a temporary halt on my steady…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-alvarez/each-sporadic-burst-of-work-each-minor-success-and-disappointment/)

[Al Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-alvarez/)

> [I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-alvarez/i-mean-being-a-writer-is-like-being-a-psychoanalyst-but-you-don-t-get/)

[Al Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-alvarez/)

> [But in a tournament, you can be said in for all your money at any point so you can't make any mistakes so you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-alvarez/but-in-a-tournament-you-can-be-said-in-for-all-your-money-at-any/)

[Al Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-alvarez/)

> [I hate writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-alvarez/i-hate-writing/)

[Al Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-alvarez/)

> [I mean to say, this is the book and I really loathe it and I can't imagine what a nice Jewish boy like me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-alvarez/i-mean-to-say-this-is-the-book-and-i-really-loathe-it-and-i-can-t/)

[Al Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-alvarez/)

> [The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-alvarez/the-fact-that-we-write-about-it-doesn-t-mean-we-play-better-than/)

[Al Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-alvarez/)

> [Now, if, as I think, writing should be, it's a kind of risky trade.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-alvarez/now-if-as-i-think-writing-should-be-it-s-a-kind-of-risky-trade/)

[Al Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-alvarez/)

> [I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you're done for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-alvarez/i-think-one-of-the-interesting-things-about-poker-is-that-once-you/)

[Al Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-alvarez/)

> [Yes, I think poker really isn't gambling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-alvarez/yes-i-think-poker-really-isn-t-gambling/)

[Al Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-alvarez/)

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