Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordinary fool. I may be one now. But it doesn't do to upset one's own vanity.

Quote by Dylan Thomas

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Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great.

Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great.

A born writer is born scrofulous; his career is an accident dictated by physical or...

A born writer is born scrofulous; his career is an accident dictated by physical or...

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at...

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at...

Go on thinking that you don't need to be read and you'll find that it...

Go on thinking that you don't need to be read and you'll find that it...

Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction.

Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction.

When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.

When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do.

An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do.

Wales is the land of my fathers. And my fathers can have it.

Wales is the land of my fathers. And my fathers can have it.

And death shall have no dominion. Dead men naked they shall be one With the...

And death shall have no dominion. Dead men naked they shall be one With the...

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

But time has set its maggot on their track.

But time has set its maggot on their track.

Somebody's boring me. I think it's me.

Somebody's boring me. I think it's me.

It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down...

It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down...

Dylan talked copiously, then stopped. 'Somebody's boring me,' he said, 'I think it's me.'

Dylan talked copiously, then stopped. 'Somebody's boring me,' he said, 'I think it's me.'

There is only one position for an artist anywhere; and that is upright.

There is only one position for an artist anywhere; and that is upright.

Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means, TIme held...

Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means, TIme held...

Time, time, time, See what's become of me, While I look around all my possibilities

Time, time, time, See what's become of me, While I look around all my possibilities

The present is never our goal: the past and present are our means: the future...

The present is never our goal: the past and present are our means: the future...