Devon Bateman

“Drinking is an emotional thing. It joggles you out of the standardism of everyday life, out of everything being the same. It yanks you out of your body and your mind and throws you against the wall. I have the feeling that drinking is a form of suicide where you're allowed to return to life and begin all over the next day. It's like killing yourself, and then you're reborn. I guess I've lived about ten or fifteen thousand lives now.”
― Charles Bukowski

“One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.”
― Antonio Porchia

“Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“All good writing is like swimming underwater and holding your breath.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald