I had a Mason fruit jar full of amphetamines and a bottle of Wild Turkey

 

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All I had going for me in the world or would ever have was that swamp, all those goddamn mules, all those screwworms that I'd dug out of pigs and all the other beautiful and dreadful and sorry circumstances that had made me the grit I am and will always be. Once I realized that the way I saw the world and man's condition in it would always be exactly and inevitably shaped by everything which up to that moment had only shamed me, once I realized that, I was home free … I consciously try to write the strongest beginning, whether it is an essay or a novel or anything. I try to write the strongest beginning I can write and try to live up to it. You know, say, "All right, boy, that fucking beginning sings, Jack. You're from the Hell's-a-Poppin' School of Literature and that motherfucker is exploding there." I say that to myself whether it is or not. A writer's the worst judge of his work … I wrote a screenplay for The Gospel Singer. See, I sold The Gospel Singer outright to Larry Spangler, and he sold my screenplay to Tom Jones. I went to see Tom Jones, and he hit on my wife. That was fun, hit on her while I was sitting there. Sally was beautiful though; she's a very beautiful woman. Tom Jones hit on everything that moved. I'm surprised that he didn't hit on me.