Homosexuals are delicate and bad poetry is delicate and [Allen] Ginsberg turned the tables by making homosexual poetry strong poetry, almost manly poetry; but in the long run, the homo will remain the homo and not the poet.

we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning.

I am aware that a computer can’t create a poem, but neither can a typewriter.

great books are the ones we need

There are times when those eyes inside your brain stare back at you.

I think a man can keep on drinking for centuries, he'll never die; especially wine or beer...I like drunkards, man, because drunkards, they come out of it, and they're sick and they spring back, they spring back and forth...If I hadn't been a drunkard, I probably would have committed suicide long ago.

The years have gone by quickly. Death sits in the seat next to me. We make a lovely couple.