I don't make myself work. It's just the thing I want to do. To be completely alone in a room, to know that there'll be no interruptions and I've got eight hours is exactly what I want -- yeah, just paradise.

Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don’t make compromises, don’t worry about making a bunch of money or being successful — be concerned with doing good work and make the right choices and protect your work. And if you build a good name, eventually, that name will be its own currency." - William S. Burroughs

You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.

Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.

My kitchen and dining room are completely gone.

When things don't work well in the bedroom, they don't work well in the living room either.