If you are 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 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 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.
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