Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.

There is no song to your singing.

I could safely declare, I am an idealist... I believe in everything - I am only looking for proofs.

And those who say, "I'll try anything once," often try nothing twice, three times, arriving late at the gate of dreams worth dying for.

You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember and others you would like to forget.

Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo. Shovel them under and let me work. I am the grass. I cover all.

I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when you happen to know a little about things that went on long ago in that building.