If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. If you're going to try, go all theway. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. Go all the way. It could mean not eating for three or fourdays. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean derision, mockery, isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, ofhow much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and 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. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. Do it. Doit. Do it. Do it. All the way. All the way. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.
— Чарльз Буковски
