A List of Indignities

"Sometimes we have the absolute certainty that there's something inside us that's so hideous and monstrous that if we ever search it out we won't be able to stand looking at it. But it's when we're willing to come face to face with that demon that we face the angel." —Hubert Selby, Jr.

Dr. Benway

This Generation Sucks

Hard Time Killin' Floor

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Forgotten Movie Classics

Jackson Pollock

Work

"I suppose I have a really loose interpretation of 'work,' because I think that just being alive is so much work at something you don't always want to do . . . The machinery is always going. Even when you sleep."
—Andy Warhol, From A to B and Back Again, 1975

Sad Days, Lonely Nights

Time Passes

"We do what we can. We push on . . . as best we can. It isn't for long, you know. Time keeps going by. You'll be surprised the way time passes." —Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Outsider

Eternal Mistake

"The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant growth, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal."
—Aleister Crowley, The Confessions of Aleister Crowley, 1929

Otis Redding Live at Monterey

Songs

"I love songs about horses, railroads, land, Judgment Day, family, hard times, whiskey, courtship, marriage, adultery, separation, murder, war, prison, rambling, damnation, home, salvation, death, pride, humor, piety, rebellion, patriotism, larceny, determination, tragedy, rowdiness, heartbreak and love. And Mother. And God." —Johnny Cash