As I Get Older I Perceive Life

T.s. Eliot's Influence Was Enormous On My Generation. Much More Than Ezra Pound. I Actually Had To Put T.s. Eliot Books Out Of The House Because My Poetry Was So Influenced. Everything I Wrote Sounded Like Eliot.

I'd Ban All Automobiles From The Central Part Of The City. You See, The Automobile Was Just A Passing Fad. It's Got To Go. It's Got To Go A Long Way From Here.

Don't Bow Down To Critics Who Have Not Themselves Written Great Masterpieces.

Today America's On The Wrong Side Of The World Revolution. What I Mean By That Is, The World Revolution Is The People's Revolution, The Liberation Movements In All The Third World Countries, Which When Everyone Tries To Get Started The U.s. Stops.

When You're Young, Everything Seems Like A Romance. At 96, I Can Still Feel Romantic About Publishing Young Unknown Writers.