"Ako ces da pokusavas, idi do kraja. Inace, ne zapocinji uopste. To moze znaciti gubitak devojke, zene, rodjaka, posla. Mozda i gubljenje razuma. A, moze da znaci i gladovanje od tri-cetiri dana. Moze da znaci i smrzavanje na klupi u parku. I zatvor. Moze da znaci da ces biti prezren, ismejan, totalno usamljen. Ta usamljenost je, doduse, poklon, sve ostalo je ispit tvoje izdrzljivosti. Test toga koliko zelis da probas to da ucinis. I uspeces, uprkos odbacivanju i najgorim mogucim uslovima. I bice to bolje nego bilo sta drugo sto bi ti mogao da zamislis ili pozelis. Ako ces da pokusavas, idi do kraja. Nema boljeg osecanja od toga. Bices sam sa bogovima, a noci ce biti obasjane vatrom. Tvoj zivot bice savrsen smeh. To je jedina dobra bitka koja postoji."

"If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs. And maybe your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery, isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance. Of how much you really want to do it. And you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods. And the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is."

Bukovski (Faktotum)