Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made.

Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.

I conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored. Peoples bore me, literature bores me, especially great literature.

This world is gradually becoming a place Where I do not care to be any more.

Literature bores me, especially great literature

I didn't want to be like Yeats; I wanted to be Yeats.

We have reason to be afraid. This is a terrible place.