My ideal job? Landlord of a bordello! The company's good and the mornings are quiet, which is the best time to write.

In my opinion it's a shame that there is so much work in the world.

I will never lie again.

The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail.

People need trouble - a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.

In writing, you must kill all your darlings.

The air brightened, the running shadow patches were now the obverse, and it seemed to him that the fact that the day was clearing was another cunning stroke on the part of the foe, the fresh battle toward which he was carrying ancient wounds.