I am a poem. There is no way out.

There's a light somewhere. It may not be much light but it beats the darkness.

I give you soul. I give you wisdom and light and music and a bit of laughter. Also, I am the world's greatest horseplayer.

I don't think I have written a poem when I was completely sober. But I have written a few good ones or a few bad ones under the hammer of a black hangover when I didn't know whether another drink or a blade would be the best thing.

well, death says, as he walks by, I'm going to get you anyhow no matter what you've been: writer, cab-driver, pimp, butcher, sky-diver, I'm going to get you

Love is a horse with a broken leg trying to stand while 45,000 people watch.

That's what friendship means: sharing the prejudice of experience.