Work > Love

Love is like cake, Work is like bread and water. You cannot live on cake. If you try to, you become a diabetic, And you die. * Love is best enjoyed after work. Work keeps you alive, And feeds you, And clothes you, And provides you with shelter. If you work you live, If you … Continue reading Work > Love

Happy Birthday To… Me!

Short and frail and sad and 22 and going mad in a shadowy attic. Such misfortune... (In the background, Bob Dylan is playing Forever Young.)

Must I Write?

“Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to die if you were forbidden to write. This most of all: ask yourself in the most silent hour of your night: … Continue reading Must I Write?