Gregory Corso

Anyway, I lived on the streets and did pretty good until I got caught stealing, what was it? I kicked in a restaurant window, went in and took all the food that I wanted, and while coming out I was grabbed. ”

The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis. ”

My father took me back home, back to Greenwich Village, and he thought by taking me out of the orphanage he'd be out of the World War too. But no way - they got him anyway. He went in the Navy and then I lived on the streets. ”

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

Now, twenty years old, I come out and I go back to Greenwich Village. Now, of course, I'm a wealthy man. ”

My father went into the armed service and I never saw my mother - I don't know what happened to her. ”

I was what? - twelve years old - and I was thrown in the cells with these people, so I learned fast. ”

My background did not start with the East Side; it started with Greenwich Village, which is West Side. ”

I moved up over Lower East Side and I was adopted by eight foster parents; I lived all over New York City with these parents, man, till I was about ten years old. ”

I just trust people and they sense everything's gonna be alright. ”