I'm glad I went on the journey I did with this guy's literature. Over the last year I've read over a thousand of his pages. His honesty moves me to tears... Some of the time. It's moments like this that I understand his reputation, and I cannot argue it. They're all right about him. He's a bad writer. He's a hateful sack of shit.

I think many lessons can be learned from his naked, vulnerable honesty. But he was a moment in literature. Just a flicker. Interesting and crass and funny, but I hope we never have somebody like him again.