Roll the Dice C. Bukowski If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision, mockery, isolation. Isolation is a gift, all the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And you’ll do it If you’re going to try, go all the way. Bukowski