I rose from marsh mud algae, equisetum, willows, sweet green, noisy birds and frogs.

Strange—we are always inhabiting more than one realm of existence—but they all fit in if the art is right.

Smile / to see the lake / lay / the still sky / And / out for an easy / make / the dragonfly.

What would they say if they knew I sit for two months on six lines of poetry?

Popcorn-can cover / screwed to the wall / over a hole / so the cold / can't mouse in.

Grandfather / advised me: / Learn a trade / I learned / to sit at desk / and condense / No layoff / from this / condensery.

I was the solitary plovera pencil for a wing-boneFrom the secret notesI must tiltupon the pressureexecute and adjust In us sea-air rhythm"We live by the urgent waveof the verse

I rose from marsh mudalgae, equisetum, willows, sweet green, noisybirds and frogs.

If it doesn't sweat, jiggle, or pant, it's not alive.

Without a moral framework, there is nothing left but immediate self-indulgence by some and the path of least resistance by others. Neither can sustain a free society.

Photography - the new, rapid, concrete reflector of the world - should surely undertake to show the world from all vantage points, and to develop people's capacity to see from all sides. (1928)

If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, you've got a hit.

I choose to be with him for however many days or minutes we are granted, and to count myself blessed to have them.

But since he had The genius to be loved, why let him have The justice to be honoured in his grave.

I started going to rock shows at a really young age, and seeing other young people make music definitely influenced me.

Those who think that metaphysics is just misunderstood grammar will react to my giving metaphysics some place or another in the system of knowledge.

Not to sound too pessimistic, but I just don't see me having the film career that I maybe hoped for after 'The Birdcage.' I think people just didn't know what to do with me.

A Guru is there to show you what you are. You are not different from Me. Whatever I am, that is what you are.