Dennis Cooper, God Help Him, Is A

Like Spain, I Am Bound To The Past.

I Think All Writers Write For An Audience. There Is No Such Thing As Writing For Yourself.

I Started To Write In About 1950; I Was Thirty-five At The Time; There Didn't Seem To Be Any Strong Motivation. I Simply Was Endeavoring To Put Down In A More Or Less Straightforward Journalistic Style Something About My Experiences With Addiction And Addicts.

Dream Long Enough And Dream Hard Enough You Will Come To Know Dreaming Can Make It So.

The Idea That Anyone Can Use Drugs And Escape A Horrible Fate Is Anathema To These Idiots. I Predict In The Near Future Right-wingers Will Use Drug Hysteria As A Pretext To Set Up An International Police Apparatus.