Euphemisms chosen by fear are a covenant with hypocrisy and will immediately destroy the poem and eventually destroy the poet.

Whatever is language is poetic language and if the word required by the poet does not exist in his known language then it is up to him to discover it.

Like seasonless fowl we migrate…from East Coast to West Coastand back and forth again, for a job, for a friend, for a change, for a kick.

Bedtime is daytime, and we come into bloom after midnight.

…love grown dutiful is love grown olda withered cupid faltering at the bow…

Ahhh, teaching literature. A noble calling! For we are all stories.

God is not preparing you for anything

My life has been in shambles, like my personal relationships, my laundry, paying bills now I have someone who pays my bills and it's always been a challenge because it overwhelms me.

I think all those actors from that generation, like Bogart - they were wonderful actors. They didn't act. They just came on and they did it, and the characters were wonderful.

I'm not sure I'm a very good source of advice since we're kind of making this up as we go along.

To start with, anybody who would like the world to be a better place should be able to think like an economist.

Nature takes no account of even the most reasonable of human excuses.

She doesn't understand what she's asking, Jean-Claude said. No, but she asks, and if we do not do it, we will always wonder. I would rather thy and fail than regret having never tried at all.

Fashion it's not just about learning how to draw pretty pictures, and how to sew, it's everything that makes up your life.

All gold and silver rather turn to dirt, An 'tis no better reckoned but of these Who worship dirty gods.