Why should we fear; and what? The laws? They all are armed in virtues cause; And aiming at the self-same end, Satire is always virtues friend. – Charles Churchill
People who fish for food, and sport be damned, are called pot-fishermen. The more expert ones are called crack pot-fishermen. All other fishermen are called crackpot fishermen. This is confusing. – Ed Zern, 1947
My parents were dishonest people. If it was my birthday, I knew my mother took me to the K-Mart and she stole my toy. Shed put it in the shopping cart and wed walk out. I was raised with that. – Vincent Gallo
I wonder if I ever thought of an ideal reader… I guess when I was in my 20s and in New York and maybe even in my early 30s, I would write for my wife Janice… mainly for my poet friends and my wife, who was very smart about poetry. – Kenneth Koch
