"From childhood's hour I have not been. As others were, I have not seen. As others saw, I could not awaken. My heart to joy at the same tone. And all I loved, I loved alone."
"A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it."
"Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words."
"To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary."
"The best things in life make you sweaty."
"I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom."