A writer needs loneliness, and he gets his share of it. He needs love, and he gets shared and also unshared love. He needs friendship. In fact, he needs the universe. To be a writer is, in a sense, to be a day-dreamer - to be living a kind of double life.
I think a guy who's had just the right amount of booze can sing the blues a hell of a lot better than a guy who is stone sober.