Alcohol is probably one of the greatest things to arrive upon the earth - alongside of me.

I don't know about other people, but when I wake up in the morning and put my shoes on, I think, Jesus Christ, now what?

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.

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.

Look, let me put it this way: with me, you’re number one and there isn’t even a number two.

It’s hard to drink when you dance. And it’s hard to dance when you drink.

The trouble with these people is that their cities have never been bombed and their mothers have never been told to shut up.