The fall of man stands a lie before Beethoven, a truth before Hitler. Gregory Corso More Quotes by Gregory Corso More Quotes From Gregory Corso My father went into the armed service and I never saw my mother - I don't know what happened to her. Gregory Corso saws mother father I just trust people and they sense everything's gonna be alright. Gregory Corso alright people 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. Gregory Corso coming-out stealing window 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. Gregory Corso easter new-york men My background did not start with the East Side; it started with Greenwich Village, which is West Side. Gregory Corso background side start village 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. Gregory Corso street man pool smart I was what? - twelve years old - and I was thrown in the cells with these people, so I learned fast. Gregory Corso fast old people years Now the Tombs, like the name says, are so horrible that they had to close it down. Today it doesn't exist and people go in the electric chair and all that. Gregory Corso name down today people Now, twenty years old, I come out and I go back to Greenwich Village. Now, of course, I'm a wealthy man. Gregory Corso back go man village