“The preoccupation of the novelist: how to capture the living moments, was answered by the diary. You write while you are alive. You do not preserve them in alcohol until the moment you are ready to write about them.” WritingMomentsAliveReadyAlcoholPreservesNovelistsCaptureLive In The MomentDiariesPreoccupation Author:Anais Nin
“In my lowest moments, the only reason I didn't commit suicide was that I knew I wouldn't be able to drink any more if I was dead.” IfsReasonMomentsAbleDrinkSuicideDrinkingAlcoholCommitLowestAlcoholism Author:Eric Clapton
“Gazing at the typewriter in moments of desperation I console myself with three thoughts. Alcohol at six, dinner at eight, and to be immortal you've got to be dead.” MomentsThreeFoodSixCookingEightDinnerAlcoholImmortalCulinaryDesperationTypewritersConsoleGazing Author:Gyles Brandreth