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John Berryman
American
Poet
About the author
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,
American
Poet
#Will
#Business
#Artist
Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
John Berryman,
American
Poet
#Life
#Friends
I didn't want to be like Yeats; I wanted to be Yeats.
John Berryman,
American
Poet
#Want
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,
American
Poet
#Tax
We must travel in the direction of our fear.
John Berryman,
American
Poet
#Fear
#Direction
#Travel