It's great for me to move on from that, ... And I'm glad I survived, to be able to.
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You realize there are certain things that you'll never do that you always thought would be part of your future, ... It's a big relief to discover what you are best-suited for, and it's a real advantage to be able then to focus. You can just jettison all this useless floundering around, attempting to do stuff that's really not in your range, and focus.Richard Hell
Hell washed up in New York City in the early 1970s as a 17-year-old runaway from Lexington, Ky., hoping to make his mark as a poet and writer. He wasn't running from anything as much as he was just running. I always just had this urge to just take off, so at least once a year I would run away from home, just to get out from under any restrictions, ... That was a big part of my conception of myself, running away.
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When I do dig down, I'm very irritated underneath, ... Why can't I just write a book about taking a walk and having a cup of coffee It kind of annoys me about myself. If I could do it differently, I would. It's not some kind of principle. It's just in my nature somehow.
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