"Growing up in my family, it wasn't important that we always be the best; it was important that we were going to try to be our best and give it our all."

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I don't think I have written a poem when I was completely sober. But I have written a few good ones or a few bad ones under the hammer of a black hangover when I didn't know whether another drink or a blade would be the best thing.

— Charles Bukowski