Hubert Selby, Jr. Quotes
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Obviously, I believe that to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything and everyone involved with it.…
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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…
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No matter how beautiful the outside may be, the inside still has feelings and needs that just words don't fulfill.
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The responsibility of the artist is to transcend the human ego.
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An extraordinary writer....It is the vastness of Nick Tosches’ heart that makes it possible to reveal the darkness.
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My writing is inspired by just about everything, yet I am unaware of so much of the process.
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One of the things I have become aware of through the years is how much I love the people I write about.
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There are a lot of people in this country who really like my writing. And a lot of writers respect me. But the so-called establishment?…
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I guess it could be said that the inspiration for 'Requiem for a Dream' is watching the American dream not only destroy so many lives…
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I have rituals for cleaning out resentments, disappointments, heartbreak, depression and for work. One of the things I do is go over old stuff if…
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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 the…
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...and the night was comfortably warm as the soft filtered light continued to push the darkness into the shadows as they held each other and…
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...and he just sat back and stared at the tube, almost interested in what was happening, trying to find the ability to believe in that…
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For weeks Tyrone thought he was going to die any minute, and there were also times when he was afraid he wasnt going to die.
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I suspect there will never be a requiem for a dream, simply because it will destroy us before we have the opportunity to mourn it's…
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But to believe that getting stuff is the purpose and aim of life is madness.
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Eventually we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions, everything we have done, and have not done.
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The voice so filled with nostalgia that you could almost see the memories floating through the blue smoke, memories not only of music and joy…
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There was a sky somewhere above the tops of the buildings, with stars and a moon and all the things there are in a sky,…
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They luxuriated in the feeling of deep and all pervading satisfaction, a feeling of knowing absolutely that all was well with the world and them…
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