“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”

“people run from rain butsitin bathtubs full ofwater.”

“the psyche has been burnedand left us senseless,the world has been darker than lights-outin a closet full of hungry bats,and the whiskey and wine entered our veinswhen blood was too weak to carry on”

“it's colder than hell (yes) butthe blankets are thin,and the pulled-down shadesare as full of holes as love is.”

“Trouble and pain were what kept a man alive. Or trying to avoid trouble and pain. It was a full time job.”

“I do think that poetry is important though, if you don’t strive at it, if you don’t fill it full of stars and falseness.”

“my greatest problem was stamps, envelopes, paper and wine, with the world on the edge of World War II.”