Whatever I do is done out of sheer joy; I drop my fruits like a ripe tree. What the general reader or the critic makes of them is not my concern.

Quote by Henry Miller

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When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to...

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to...

It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world - it's the American...

It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world - it's the American...

If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally...

If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally...

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously.

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously.

What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces...

What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces...

I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather...

I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather...

My books are the books that I am, the confused man, the negligent man, the...

My books are the books that I am, the confused man, the negligent man, the...

One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction...

One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction...

One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.

Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.

We create our fate every day we liveWe create our fate every day we live

We create our fate every day we liveWe create our fate every day we live

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

The concert is a polite form of self induced torture.

The concert is a polite form of self induced torture.

If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will...

If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will...

Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced...

Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced...

One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is...

One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is...

Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. . .The other eight are unimportant

Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. . .The other eight are unimportant

Sex is a natural function. You can't make it happen, but you can teach people...

Sex is a natural function. You can't make it happen, but you can teach people...

I've been in more laps than a napkin.

I've been in more laps than a napkin.

Sex is like having dinner: sometimes you joke about the dishes, sometimes you take the...

Sex is like having dinner: sometimes you joke about the dishes, sometimes you take the...