Prince or commoner, tenor or bass, Painter or plumber or never-do-well, Do me a favor and shut your face - Poets alone should kiss and tell.

I like to think of my shining tombstone. It gives me, as you might say, something to live for.

There must be courage; there must be no awe. There must be criticism, for humor, to my mind, is encapsulated in criticism. There must be a disciplined eye and a wild mind...There must be a magnificent disregard of your reader, for if he cannot follow you, there is nothing you can do about it.

London is satisfied, Paris is resigned, but New York is always hopeful.

There must be a magnificent disregard of your reader, for if he cannot follow you, there is nothing you can do about it.

Love is like quicksilver in the hand.

Trapped like a trap in a trap