Man is in his own microcosm akin to a personal box, with poetry as its lid which it can defend itself from the world

Art is a game. Poetry as well. At the end of the day, you either know how to play it or not.

Poetry, to me, is a type of shamanistic chant capable of chasing away the darkness within us.

Poetry is an old wise serpent which only occasionally comes out to catch the sun (and scare people).

Sometimes all it takes is a little watering everyday and a sunny day to follow, that's how weeds become flowers and new dawns rise - why would it be any less then for a human life?

Imagination tends to be truly useful if accompanied by the power of mental control - if the worlds in one's head can be purposefully manipulated and distinguished from the real one outside it.

There must have been something in my nature - I believe, with all my heart, that I have conquered it now - which prevented me from being perfectly happy or making a woman perfectly happy.

Rumor is like bees; the more you fight them the more you don't get rid of them.

A good special education teacher is hard to find and even harder to hang on to.

Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.

What is indispensable to inspiration? ...sound sleep and the provocation of a good book or a companion.

Latinos are Republican. They just don't know it yet.

I've made 30-plus films over 20 years. And in my opinion, five of them are good.

I am not good at aligning myself with any movement that comes along but also I don't like the thought of sitting back and doing nothing.