"I know why I write. I write because I must. I cannot stop. I'm driven by rage and insanity and crushing ambition." - Dan Fante (introduction) About Life "The war was over. I'd managed to avoid it, but it didn't mean a thing." "The parade of forgettable days that made up the long hazy years have always seemed to be a matter of struggling to keep my head above water, and a roof over it. It was nothing much of a life." "Like a beggar who covets the palace of the kingdom, I wan
