“I was not in touch with reality. Growing up, I was being shielded without my knowing it, because even all the way up to the age of 15, I made these paper basketball men and played with them, like action figures.” MenRealityAgeActionGrowing UpBasketball Author:Willis Earl Beal
“You got this new breed of hipster chicks and hipster men that don't understand anything about sacrifice. They didn't lay it on the line. People like Cat Power, Tom Waits, they are the last of the beats, the real true philosophers.” PeopleMenRealWaitingSacrificeCatPhilosopherHipster Author:Willis Earl Beal
“I first saw Dead Man in high school, and it changed everything. That movie was like a memory to me - I would get things that occurred in that movie confused with my actual life.” MenSchoolMemoriesChangedHigh SchoolConfusedDead Man Author:Willis Earl Beal
“Nobody symbol occurred to me one night at my grandmother's house. The eyes are an inversion of X'd out eyes - the man is enlightened. His teeth are clenched. It's not a smiley face. It's right before he dies. It plays into my philosophy where everybody gets enlightened before they die.” MenPhilosophyEyeNightHouseHe ManEnlightenedSmileySmiley Face Author:Willis Earl Beal