Gregory Corso

The other guy I dug a lot was Burroughs because he was a smart man already; he learned it through the druggie pool - the street scene of an old aristocratic kind of man.

The lucky thing was that I was Italian; when the other Italians saw me fight back, they came to my defence.

I remember the people I knew in prison; I was very fortunate to know them - they came from 1910, 1920, 1930.

When I left Barcelona, staying in Spain was an important factor in my decision to join Madrid. I did not have to change country or learn a new language, adopt a different sort of lifestyle, and so on.

I had siblings from South Asia, from East Asia, from depressed communities around America, and you know, we'd have long conversations.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.