“There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth.”

“All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.”

“She wasn't much to look at but she was something to think about.”

“Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised”

“Nowadays most men lead lives of noisy desperation.”

“I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.”

“Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.”