I have two rules. One is, never trust a man who smokes a pipe. The other is, never trust a man with shiny shoes.

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

the writing of some men is like a vast bridge that carries you over the many things that claw and tear. The Wine of Forever

I think that the world should be full of cats and full of rain, that's all, just cats and rain, rain and cats, very nice, good night.

I had no feeling for the things so many others needed.

writers are desperate people and when they stop being desperate they stop being writers.

To me Art (poetry) is a continuous and continuing process and that when a man fails to write good poetry he fails to live fully or well.