Lawrence Ferlinghetti

“I am waiting for the war to be fought which will make the world safe for anarchy”

“The real literary editors have mostly been fired. Those that remain are all 'bottom line' editors; everything depends on the money.”

“These are international criminals, and the spineless Democrats are doing nothing about it.”

“Well, I didn't know how to draw very well back then, in the '40s and '50s.”

“I am waiting for them to prove that God is really American.”

“The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of huge conglomerates.”

“I am awaitingperpetually and forevera renaissance of wonder”

“Recipe For Happiness Khaborovsk Or Anyplace'One grand boulevard with treeswith one grand cafe in sunwith strong black coffee in very small cups.One not necessarily very beautifulman or woman who loves you.One fine day.”

“I'm reading a book about Romaine Brooks, a wonderful painter from early in the last century.”

“Southern California, where the American Dream came too true.”

“It's much easier to consume the visual image than to read something.”

“Decide if a poem is a question or a declaration, a meditation or an outcry.”

“Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.”

“Almost every truly creative being alienated & expatriated in his own country”

“We have seen the best minds of our generation destroyed by boredom at poetry readings.”