You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

tis true that tho' People can transcend their Characters in Times of Tranquillity, they can ne'er do so in Times of Tumult.

In a world not made for women, criticism and ridicule follow us all the days of our lives. Usually they are indications that we are doing something right.

Each day that I don't write I get more fragmented.

Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.

When you start having lunch and actually eating, it's already over.

What are the sources of poetry? Love and death and the paradox of love and death. All poetry from the beginning is about Eros and Thanatos. Those are the only subjects. And how Eros and Thanatos interweave.