John Berryman
John Berryman

The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business.

John Berryman
John Berryman

I didn't want to be like Yeats; I wanted to be Yeats.

John Berryman
John Berryman

Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made.

John Berryman
John Berryman

Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.