Ability Quote by Hubert Selby, Jr

Sometimes we have the absolute certainty there's something inside us that's so hideous and monstrous that if we ever search it out we won't…

— Hubert Selby, Jr

But to believe that getting stuff is the purpose and aim of life is madness.

— Hubert Selby, Jr

I'm focusing on writing the best story I can write. Which means I'm doing everything I can to give the artist within me as…

— Hubert Selby, Jr

I certainly do attempt to live according to spiritual principles. That's always the foundation of each and every day. I have experienced some things…

— Hubert Selby, Jr

Sometimes it seems to stand still. Like you’re in a bag and you can’t get out and somebody’s always telling you that it will…

— Hubert Selby, Jr

There's a sorrow and pain in everyone's life, but every now and then there's a ray of light that melts the loneliness in your…

— Hubert Selby, Jr

The resistance and the degree of the resistance to the natural phenomenon of life causes tremendous suffering.

— Hubert Selby, Jr

We all need a meaning to our life.

— Hubert Selby, Jr

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…

— Hubert Selby, Jr

I have to have a meaning in my life. If I roam around without some meaning in my life, I'm in deep and serious…

— Hubert Selby, Jr

It seems to me that what the artist sees is the simple and obvious that is invisible to everybody else.

— Hubert Selby, Jr

I don't know how to make the critics happy!

— Hubert Selby, Jr