Nick Tosches Quotes

Nick Tosches — American Journalist born on October 17, 1949,

Nick Tosches is an American journalist, novelist, biographer, and poet. His 1982 biography of Jerry Lee Lewis, Hellfire, was called by Rolling Stone "the best rock n’ roll biography ever written.".. (wikipedia)

The things I wanted to be when I was a kid were an archeologist, because of dinosaur bones; a garbage man, because they got to ride on the side of the trucks; and a writer.

As a young man, I felt a need to communicate with somebody or something, but it seemed in my own particular environment that that wasn't an option. On the other hand, I probably lacked the courage to do so, even if it was an option.

Mortality applies to every aspect of life. The fear of death is the driving fear of life.

Life is a racket. Writing is a racket. Sincerity is a racket. Everything's a racket.

For years, I never really pondered how I came to be a writer from where I came from.