Hubert Selby, Jr.
Hubert Selby, Jr.
Hubert "Cubby" Selby Jr.was an American writer. His best-known novels are Last Exit to Brooklynand Requiem for a Dream, exploring worlds in the New York area. Both novels were adapted later as films, and he appeared in small roles in each...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth23 July 1928
CountryUnited States of America
beautiful feelings matter
No matter how beautiful the outside may be, the inside still has feelings and needs that just words don't fulfill.
writing people i-realized
I've always felt alienated. I realized that I've been terrified my entire life. So I can identify that fear which drives so many of the people that I write about.
suffering resistance causes
The resistance and the degree of the resistance to the natural phenomenon of life causes tremendous suffering.
dream memories voice
The voice so filled with nostalgia that you could almost see the memories floating through the blue smoke, memories not only of music and joy and youth, but perhaps, of dreams. They listened to the music, each hearing it in his own way, feeling relaxed and a part of the music, a part of each other, and almost a part of the world.
may return committed
However they may have felt when they left they were now committed, they had passed the point of no return.
laughter frustration laughing
All the energy of their frustration and fear going into their laughter.
alphabet
I knew the alphabet. Maybe I could be a writer.
regret two numbers
But I knew that someday I was going to die. And just before I died two things would happen; Number 1: I would regret my entire life. Number 2: I would want to live my life over again.
responsibility done our-actions
Eventually we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions, everything we have done, and have not done.
heart darkness vastness
An extraordinary writer....It is the vastness of Nick Tosches’ heart that makes it possible to reveal the darkness.
writing inspired process
My writing is inspired by just about everything, yet I am unaware of so much of the process.
dream opportunity passing
I suspect there will never be a requiem for a dream, simply because it will destroy us before we have the opportunity to mourn it's passing.
lying believe trying
...and he just sat back and stared at the tube, almost interested in what was happening, trying to find the ability to believe in that lie so he could believe the one within.
disappointment writing stuff
I have rituals for cleaning out resentments, disappointments, heartbreak, depression and for work. One of the things I do is go over old stuff if I have been unable to write for a while.