Author: Leonard Cohen

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I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.

I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.

- Leonard Cohen

My two great heroes are W. B. Yeats and Federico Garc?a Lorca.

My two great heroes are W. B. Yeats and Federico Garc?a Lorca.

- Leonard Cohen

A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love.

A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love.

- Leonard Cohen

We're always experiencing joy or sadness. But there are lots of people who've closed down. And there are times in one's life when one has to close down just to regroup.

We're always experiencing joy or sadness. But there are lots of people who've closed down. And there are times in one's life when one has to close down just to regroup.

- Leonard Cohen

There were times that I thought I was good looking.

There were times that I thought I was good looking.

- Leonard Cohen

And most people have a woman in their heart, most men have a woman in their heart and most women have a man in their heart.

And most people have a woman in their heart, most men have a woman in their heart and most women have a man in their heart.

- Leonard Cohen

When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you.

When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you.

- Leonard Cohen

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.

- Leonard Cohen

I like life on the road. It's a lot easier than civilian life. You kind of feel like you're in a motorcycle gang.

I like life on the road. It's a lot easier than civilian life. You kind of feel like you're in a motorcycle gang.

- Leonard Cohen

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