I don't think Auden liked my poetry very much, he's very Anglican.

You must have some money if you are going to live simply. It need not be much, but you must have some.

I'm alive today, therefore I'm just as much a part of our time as everybody else. The times will just have to enlarge themselves to make room for me, won't they, and for everybody else.

This Englishwoman is so refined, She has no bosom and no behind.

I love people, but I love the thought and memory of them just as much.

There can be no good art that is international. Art to be vigorous and gesund must use the material at hand.

All poetry has to do is to make a strong communication. All the poet has to do is listen. The poet is not an important fellow. There will also be another poet.