Quote by Harvey Pekar

“Writing is hard, but I don’t want to kill myself trying to write. Not unless I’m writing a suicide note.”

— Jarod Kintz

“I think you overestimate the maturity of adults, he wrote me in his final letter, a letter he sent only after I’d broken down…

— Maggie Nelson

“I'm sick of reading a bunch of hand-wringing bullshit intended to please your circle of friends, or assuage one's guilt of some kind or…

— Kenyon Farrow

“I didn't normally talk this way: but sometimes you have to pretend to be an innocent child to learn something about the complicated world…

— Brock Clarke

“How ill I have written. I begin to hate myself.”

— Jane Austen

“One writer I know tells me that he sits down every morning and says to himself nicely, "It's not like you don't have a…

— Anne Lamott

“I wasn't sure how to answer. Could I tell him that one Secret of Adulthood is "Never start a sentence with the words 'No…

— Gretchen Rubin

“I couldn't decide if I was more offended that people thought I was the kind of person who would kill myself over a boyfriend…

— Eileen Cook

“The problem is that no matter how good your intentions, eventually you want to kill someone yourself.”

— Kenneth Cain

“You’re an adult, and immortal—you’re free to make your own choices, not have them crammed down your throat by my actions.”

— Jill Myles

“Why did I want to die? Because living was just so damn hard, even at age 10. When all I had to do was…

— Sharon E. Rainey

“Now I think I just couldn't believe an adult could do such a thing to a little person. I know better now. I wish…

— Stephen King