Norman Ohler
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So amphetamines are also...
They can be creative, I guess.
It's just not my type of drug.
And they're certainly not as creative as... But it also depends on the person.
Like Malcolm Laurie, Under the Volcano, he was drinking a lot.
Or Hemingway was drinking a lot.
And they could only write when they're drunk.
When I'm drunk, I can't write.
I just can't do it.
Write drunk, edit sober.
And that's advisable.
Like if I would write something on amphetamines, I would certainly edit it sober, of course, because on amphetamines...
your self-criticism is lowered because you feel so good.
Like you feel so confident.
You just write.
But writing is about nuances, especially literary writing.
Maybe a nonfiction book would be easier on amphetamines, but a novel, it's all about, you have to be very, very open.
Amphetamines close you.
You become like a machine, like you write.
But if you are on the right track, like Kerouac was on the road, he had the right, you know, he was on, he was going, you know,