It's just that the grape has me down.

Turgenev was a very serious fellow but he could make me laugh because a truth first encountered can be very funny. When someone else's truth is the same as your truth, and he seems to be saying it just for you, that's great.

don't be ashamed of anything; I guess God meant it all like locks on doors.

in this room the hours of love still make shadows.

It's hot tonight and half the neighborhood is drunk. the other half is dead. if I have any advice about writing poetry it's - don't. I'm going to send out for some fried chicken.

An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.

I felt I had to win. It seemed very important. I didn't know why it was important and I kept thinking, why do I think this is so important? And another part of me answered, just because it is.