I always considered myself a minor writer. My province is small, and I try to explore it very, very thoroughly.
Leonard CohenIโll be marching through the morning, Marching through the night, Moving 'cross the borders Of My Secret Life.
Leonard CohenOne is distracted by this notion that there is such an thing as inspiration, that it comes fast and easy. And some people are graced by that style. I'm not. So I have to work as hard as any stiff to come up with my payload
Leonard CohenItโs a pity if someoneโฆ has to console himself for the wreck of his days with the notion that somehow his voice, his work embodies the deepest, most obscure, freshest, rawest oyster of reality in the unfathomable refrigerator of the heartโs ocean, but I am such a one, and there you have it.
Leonard Cohen