Mostly the thought and the verse come inseparably. In my poem Poetics, it's as close as I come to telling how I do it.

Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed.

For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious application why, the novel is practically the retail business all over again.

A teacher is a person who never says anything once.

Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.

I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.

I like all my children, even the squat and ugly ones.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely; and if you surrender your personal responsibility to a government which promises to take care of you, they will only take care of themselves.

When Robert Frost was alive, I was known as the other new England poet, which is to be barely known at all.

Robert Frost had always said you mustn't think of the last line first, or it's only a fake poem, not a real one. I'm inclined to agree.

[T]eaching has been for me an education (Lord knows what it has been for my students).

I love you more than I think I should.

Setiap penulis punya cerita dalam dirinya. Mereka itu sumur yang tidak pernah kering.

Owning Languages, Owning identities.

The problem with being an author in this modern world is such: computers break often

Real vision dies only when life dies. Once we live, we hope, we yearn for and we aspire to have something!

What could a fool be thinking but further foolishness?

Those who are already adept at some disciplines of the body will find that the study of Zen and meditation will give you much more control than you now have.

Prends l'e loquence et tords-lui son cou! Take eloquence and break its neck!

Future shock is a sickness which comes from too much change in too short a time. It's the feeling that nothing is permanent anymore.