Fish," the old man said. "Fish, you are going to have to die anyway. Do you have to kill me too?

The rain will stop, the night will end, the hurt will fade. Hope is never so lost that it can't be found.

There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

For a poet he threw a very accurate milk bottle.

Sometimes you know the story. Sometimes you make it up as you go along and have no idea how it will come out.

If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.

Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing.