Quotes by : Hubert Selby Jr.

They came close. Oh they came close. Was all set to put a gun in my mouth and pull the trigger. But there....

I think the function of suffering is to let me know that my perception is skewed; what I’m doing is....

There was a problem and that was that. Why didnt make a fiddlers fuck.

Life was not longer something to endure, but to live.

I have joined an ancient fraternity. I have killed a man.

There was a sky somewhere above the tops of the buildings, with stars and a moon and all the things there....

But you cant shut everyone out. I mean you have to have someone to love. . .someone to hold on to. .....

Being an artist doesn't take much. Just everything you got. Which means of course that as the process....

But to believe that getting stuff is the purpose and aim of life is madness.

The voice so filled with nostalgia that you could almost see the memories floating through the blue smoke,....