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What I do feel, I feel intensely: rage, revulsion, and pleasure.
Artists are not known for rising early, but none of us are successful enough to avoid the shackles of a side job. I’ve got three.
An artist is always looking at ratios and proportions.
I’ve killed fourteen people and I’ve yet to receive a single knock on my door.
A pretty young girl is a different story—the media loves to sensationalize Alastor’s work. They call him the Beast of the Bay for the way he batters his victims and even bites chunks out of their flesh.
Tolstoy said that happy families are all alike, but unhappy families are unhappy in their own way.
“Friendships founded on business are superior to businesses founded on friendship.”
She fucked on that painting, and then she hung it on my wall. I’m struck anew by the absolute insanity of this girl.
And because I didn’t like that feeling of need, of weakness, I tried to humiliate her.
I loved that piece. Sometimes you have to kill what you love.
“Distance is meaningless when she still lives in your head,” Cole says.
“When god handed out tits, I got in line three times.”
