When I was young I was depressed all the time. But suicide no longer seemed a possibility in my life. At my age there was very little left to kill. It was good to be old, no matter what they said. It was reasonable that a man had to be at least 50 years old before he could write with anything like clarity.

There's nothing else as pleasant as being unpleasant when there's nothing else to do, and there's usually nothing else to do.

beware those quick to praise for they need praise in return beware those who are quick to censor they are afraid of what they do not know beware those who seek constant crowds for they are nothing alone beware the average man the average woman beware their love, their love is average seeks average

and love is a word used too much and much too soon.

Almost everybody is born a genius and buried an idiot.

I often carry things to read so that I will not have to look at the people.

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.