We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

One cannot review a bad book without showing off.

The stars are not wanted now, put out every one Pack up the moon & dismantle the sun.

All I have is a voice to undo the folded lie, the romantic lie in the brain of the sensual man-in-the-street and the lie of Authority whose buildings grope the sky: There is no such thing as the State and no one exists alone; Hunger allows no choice to the citizen or the police; We must love one another or die.

The primary function of poetry, as of all the arts, is to make us more aware of ourselves and the world around us. I do not know if such increased awareness makes us more moral or more efficient. I hope not. I think it makes us more human, and I am quite certain it makes us more difficult to deceive.

It's usually the stupid people that develop long illnesses. You need more than indolence and selfishness, you need endurance to make a good patient.

In the end, art is small beer. The really serious things are earning one's living so as not to be a parasite and loving one's neighbor.