By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders, there is little else about him worth knowing.

There is always a comforting thought in time of trouble when it is not our trouble.

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

A fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things:, it was the eager wish to soar, that gave the gods their wings.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

I would rather start a family than finish one.

If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to themselves.