“I thought my friends were damn fools, because they didn't know any better way of conducting their lives. Still they conformed better than I to a code. I wanted to conform but I couldn't so I wrote my poetry.” KnowsWayStillsWantedFoolMy FriendsCodeDamnConformBetter WaysConducting Book:The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams: 1909-1939 Source: The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams: 1909-1939