One day, perhaps, you will see for yourself that regrets are as nothing. The value lies in how they are answered.

The stars, they are as the sun. Each star. Every star. And those spheres- they are worlds, realms, each one different yet the same.

Poetry is more than just art, it’s like super glue to a broken heart. It can also be a light when your life seems a little dark.

...I could feel what was left of my soul just slipping away as I fed on that girl until she was totally and completely drained.

Never limit yourself to what you can't do, but to what you have the power to do with what you have.

He didn't even attempt to smile and I knew then that I had lost him.

I think every creative impulse that a working writer, or artist of any sort has, comes out of that dark old country where dreams come from.

This is what poems are: with mercy for the greedy, they are the tongue's wrangle, the world's pottage, the rat's star.

The person who does only what he must when he is in the mood or when it's convenient isn't going to be successful.

I'm superstitious ... but not like wear the same underwear for two weeks superstitious.

I believe in America. I'm one of those silly flag wavers.

I am not afraid of death. What I am afraid of is that I will meet the Saviour and He will say, 'You could have done better'