Let' em learn or let' em die

writing about a writer's block is better than not writing at all

When Ginsburg is at the top of his game you might as well put down your toys and listen.

There are only two things wrong with money: too much or too little.

The poet, as a rule, is a half-man - a sissy, not a real person, and he is in no shape to lead real men in matters of blood, or courage.

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

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.