A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. read more

A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and read more

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.

There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new read more

There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new reality, that it makes things happen.

Most men are the same. They're only interested in fucking you and they don't care whether you're happy or sad. read more

Most men are the same. They're only interested in fucking you and they don't care whether you're happy or sad. They just want to get on with their business in and out of bed, and they make you feel that you don't count except as their sex toy.

Reality is for people who can't face drugs.

Reality is for people who can't face drugs.

We must learn to tailor our concepts to fit reality, instead of trying to stuff reality into our concepts.

We must learn to tailor our concepts to fit reality, instead of trying to stuff reality into our concepts.

People see the world not as it is, but as they are.

People see the world not as it is, but as they are.

Art must take reality by surprise.

Art must take reality by surprise.

There are intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and read more

There are intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and which are excluded for lack of interpreters.