Top 10 Drunk American Writers

I'm looking for the women..

clipped from www.alternativereel.com #10 - RAYMOND CHANDLER [1888-1959] #09 - FREDERICK EXLEY [1929-92] "After a month's sobriety my faculties became unbearably acute and I found myself unhealthily clairvoyant, having insights into places I'd as soon not journey to. Unlike some men, I had never drunk for boldness or charm or wit; I had used alcohol for precisely what it was, a depressant to check the mental exhilaration produced by extended sobriety." #08 - HARRY CREWS [1935- ] #07 - CHARLES BUKOWSKI [1920-94] #06 - JACK KEROUAC [1922-69] "As I grew older I became a drunk. Why? Because I like ecstasy of the mind." #05 - JACK LONDON [1876-1916] #04 - F. SCOTT FITZGERALD [1896-1940] "First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you." #03 - EDGAR ALLAN POE [1809-49] #02 - WILLIAM FAULKNER [1897-1962] #01 - ERNEST HEMINGWAY [1899-1961] "An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools."