Some of my poems indicate that I am writing while living alone after a split with a woman, and I've had many splits with women. I need solitude more often when I'm not writing than when I am.

It didn't pay to trust another human being. Humans didn't have it, whatever it took.

they say that nothing is wasted: either that or it al is

It seemed better to delay thinking.

I will put on my shoes and shirt and get out of here - it'll be better for all of us.

one can never be sure whether it's good poetry or bad acid

When you clean up a city, you destroy it.