American dream 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