It is interesting because when I read it, I had moved back home, and I was sort of in a static mode, my life on hiatus... Iwas waiting/preparing for the next move. I had lived in Los Angeles for 7 years and moved to Cuba KS population 260. This is where I read On the Road, a very frantic crazy book full of motion. I've heard that Jack actuallly wrote it on a roll of paper in his typewriter, so he wouldn't have to stop to change paper, messing up his rhythm. The first wordprocessor, if you will.
It amazes me that there are people who can do what Sal did, just GO, with no plan, no idea where they will sleep or eat, or get money. They just GO. I always have a plan, I always know where my my next paycheck will be and how much it will be. I type out a menu and grocery list, for Pete's sake!