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Eusebio 2022-09-05 03:32:53

In the middle of the night, I have no sleep. Excited, even if it is cold. I'm so in love, ecstatic, this beat. Even today it resonates with countless people. I think there is something within everyone that needs to break down. Go crazy! Destroy it! That's what art is like, to the brink, to be abandoned, to sink in, to tremble. Take off your clothes. Naked and holy to face the world. Really, I think really enough. The world is crazy. Not crazy, not live. Insane, facing death. After death we have a new life. Beyond the circle, is an irregular, dazzling existence. Kill your darlings. It's a biography, but I think the main character is Lucian rather than Alan. I'm here for Lucian. He doesn't speak, just a pair of eyes is enough to be a demon. When he laughs, that casual seduction, well it's not seduction, it's better than seduction, dumping all beings. Makes you feel that anything is possible for him. Beautiful people are privileged. Not to mention Lucian. Some say he has no talent. Nothing works. He does not need any works, he is a work himself. "Howl", "On the Road" and so on are testimonies. What Lao Tzu said, the Dao is sensible, very Dao. When Yu Qiuyu was talking about Lao Tzu, he said that the thoughts that can be written down in this world are actually second- or third-rate. In short, this means that even though the works of "Howl" are great, they are not as dazzling as they are life-threatening. I have so much to say, I want to praise Lucian's beauty in a prosperous age, and I want to marvel at the power of this film. But the urge to roll inside me was beyond words.

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Kill Your Darlings quotes

  • Allen Ginsberg: [Ginsberg has just met William S Burroughs] Is he a criminal?

    Lucien Carr: He wishes he were.

  • Allen Ginsberg: [upon William Burroughs offering him a joint] Uhm, no thanks, I don't do the cannabis.

    William Burroughs: Show me the man who is both sober and happy, and I will show you the crinkled anus of a lying asshole.