“I'm not a writer with a drinking problem, I'm a drinker with a writing problem.”
Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist
“There was nothing glorious about the life of a drinker or the life of a writer.”
— Charles Bukowski, book Hot Water Music
Source: Hot Water Music
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Context: These days, I live on the grid – primarily because of medical issues. But I think that it would be hypocritical for a writer to condemn our surveillance culture and then appear on the Charlie Rose show to blather about personal details. Focusing on a writer’s life undermines the power of that writer’s ideas.
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