Literature bores me, especially great literature

Quote by John Berryman

Topics: Literature Quotes

I didn't want to be like Yeats; I wanted to be Yeats.

I didn't want to be like Yeats; I wanted to be Yeats.

The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will...

The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will...

We must travel in the direction of our fear.

We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.

Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.

Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay...

Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay...

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters...

And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters...

When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we...

When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we...

Never thank anybody for anything, except a drink of water in the desert-and then make...

Never thank anybody for anything, except a drink of water in the desert-and then make...

Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou...

Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou...

In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old...

In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old...

Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be...

Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be...

Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they shall...

Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they shall...

You are quaffing drink from a hundred fountains: whenever any of these hundred yields less,...

You are quaffing drink from a hundred fountains: whenever any of these hundred yields less,...

There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me...

There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me...

These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your vows,...

These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your vows,...

Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat...

Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat...

And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl,...

And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl,...

But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to...

But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to...

Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle...

Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle...