You don't become a saint until you lead a good life whether in Tibet or Italy or America.

The basic line in any good verse is cadenced... building it around the natural breath structures of speech.

You can't become a saint by taking dope, stealing your friends' typewriters, giving girls chancres, not supporting your wife and children, and then reading St.…

I have no interest in Kerouac whatsoever. I've done my stint for him. As far as I'm concerned, Kerouac is what Madison Avenue wants a rebel to be. That isn't m…