something has been said for sobriety but very little.
These Songs are not meant to be understood, you understand. They are only meant to terrify & comfort.
I didn't want to be like Yeats; I wanted to be Yeats.
Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
Praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.
Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made.