"A dark door and who is behind it: each person, it is true, has a dark door to himself and you can knock and ask to be let in, but once you are there, let me tell you, there will be a moment of panic and the only thought- don't show fear in front of wild animals; then, you'll remember he is a friend."

"... It occurred to me, with great clarity, that I should be drunk the entire time. The drunkenness, I guessed, would add to the whole endeavor a haze of mystery, not to mention a romantic fluidity that I could not otherwise count on. I should be desperate, raggedy, semi-coherent, stumbling from place to place. It seemed much more fitting than ( Read more... )