The Three Wise Men of Dope - This Ain't no Holiday Inn: Down and Out at the Chelsea Hotel 1980-1995 - page 63

Clothes Make the Con Man
DIMITRI MUGIANIS
Raymond Foye 40 wrote in the introduction to a book he published that Huncke
wasanaturalnobleman.ThedignityofHuncke—hewouldwearanascot!Itmight
be a stolen ascot, but he would wear it! And there was a way of carrying himself
and presenting himself—he was always clean and well-groomed.
DAVID LAWTON
Ialwayswondered,“Howishedoingit?He'sanoldman,he'sajunkie,andsome-
times he's sleeping on somebody's couch!” It was incredible, really, how he kept
himself up.
Yet, you always wondered—is this nicely dressed, well-mannered gentleman
going to rip me off?