A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself.

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles.

It has been my observation and experience, and that of my family, that nothing human works out well.

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

Nearly every night before I go to bed I ask myself, "Have I vibrated in tune with the Infinite today, or have I failed?

i have had my ups and downs but wotthehell wotthehell yesterday sceptres and crowns fried oysters and velvet gowns and today i herd with bums but wotthehell wotthehell i wake the world from sleep as i caper and sing and leap when i sing my wild free tune wotthehell wotthehell under the blear eyed moon i am pelted with cast off shoon but wotthehell wotthehell