I wanted many of the poems to have long legs. At first I was calling them clothespin poems, before I knew what I was doing. The lines seem pulled on either end, tight and taut against the wind.

Poetry is the skin that I have between my body and the world's body.

I want a poem which is made of compression, passion, precision, symmetry, & disruption.

That's what interests me in poetry. That withholding, that white space, the pressure, and my long-term faith in violent concision, is still with me.

I am fascinated with criminal law because it is as rigorous as a poem and because it is based on what has been written down even before one has committed a crime.

I came to poetry because I felt I couldn't live properly in the real world.

At the heart of my life is the idea that I don't ever want anything to ever change. That's the basic tenet.

Every thing is changing every minute.

Confession may well be a dirty word in poetry.

People argue themselves out of their pleasures

It Is Impossible For Anyone To Live Independently Of The Kingdom Of God And Be Truly Happy

Everybody goes into different dimensional planes. You do it every night when you dream. You are journeying into other dimensional planes. Dreams are not just functions of the cerebral cortex.

The proper place for liberality is in the realm of the emotions.

Not as intolerable as being dead, in my opinion, but I'm very fond of me. I would miss me a lot.

The measure of a country's greatness should be based on how well it cares for its most vulnerable populations.

To make judgements about great and lofty things, a soul of the same stature is needed; otherwise we ascribe to them that vice which is our own.

If you aspire to be a leader of your own country, you must speak your own language, for God's sake.

There's a great joy in my giving. It's thrilling. It's exhilarating. It's important to be a part of sharing. It is my love. It is my joy.

The real world doesn't reward perfectionists. It rewards people who get things done.