Death is not the problem; waiting around for it is.

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

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.

The male, for all his bravado and exploration, is the loyal one, the one who generally feels love. The female is skilled at betrayal and torture and damnation.

We are here to laugh at the odds.

I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare.

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