I Seek The Real Stuff Of Life.

[in The]..curious Way That My Idealism Has Been Mixed With My Fatalism, So That I Can Possess The Soul Of A Dreamer And That Of A Cynic At The Same Time......i Possess A Power Of Magic...[to] Destroy The Balance Of A Well-designed Destiny With My Diabolical Mind.

Poverty Is The Great Reality. That Is Why The Artist Seeks It.

Eroticism Is One Of The Basic Means Of Self-knowledge, As Indispensable As Poetry.

To Mistake Ugliness For Reality Is One Of The Frauds Of The Realistic School [of Writing]. A Hunger For The Unknown And An Aspiration Toward Beauty Were Inseparable From Civilization. In America The Word Art Was Distorted To Mean Artificial.

Only The United Beat Of Sex And Heart Together Can Create Ecstasy.