If you’re going to try, go all
the way. Otherwise, don’t even start. This could mean losing girlfriends,
wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean freezing on a park
bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery,
isolation. Isolation is the gift. All others are a test of your endurance. Of
how much you really want to do it. And you’ll do it, despite rejection in the
worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you’re
going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that…And the
nights will flame with fire…It’s the only good fight there is. Charles
Bukowski, Factotum
