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

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

Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so. After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns, we ourselves flash and yearn, and moreover my mother told me as a boy (repeatedly) Ever to confess you're bored means you have no inner Resources. I conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored.

— John Berryman

We must travel in the direction of our fear.

— John Berryman