One of his favourite pastimes was ordering drinks for everyone […] You had to be there and see [Hungarian-born painter Jules] Pascin. He glowed with happiness, getting people to tell stories, listening to his friends and, as the level of alcohol increased, finishing the evening with a drunken dance in which everyone joined him. The more glasses that were emptied, the happier he was […] Nonetheless, at certain times, one could sense that he suffered from not being truly at home anywhere, even when he was in Montmartre surrounded by his friends.
– Francis Carco, Montmartre à vingt ans