Scholars look for final truths they will never find. Creative writers concern themselves with possibilities that are always there to the receptive.

You owe reality nothing and the truth about your feelings everything.

To write a poem you must have a streak of arrogance-- not in real life I hope. In real life try to be nice. It will save you a hell of a lot of trouble and give you more time to write.

A creative writing class may be one of the last places you can go where your life still matters.

Assuming you can write clear English sentences, give up all worry about communication. If you want to communicate, use the telephone.

An act of imagination is an act of self-acceptance.

Don't write love poems when you're in love. Write them when you're not in love.

Say nothing and just make music and you'll find plenty to say.

Don't write with a pen. Ink tends to give the impression the words shouldn't be changed.

A good creative-writing teacher can save a good writer a lot of time.

Think small.... If you can't think small, try philosophy or social criticism.

The only thing more compelling than love is power.

Science is a self-correcting discipline that can, in subsequent generations, show that previous ideas were not correct.

There is a little boy inside the man who is my brother... Oh, how I hated that little boy. And how I love him too.

God would come down and lead us out of bondage. And God led us out of bondage.

There are those who want to revolutionize the world with meditation. I really don't think that is necessary. The world is already revolutionized.

But it is really, really fun to just change it up some and to absolutely be a very small spoke on a big wheel, and to just be a part of that and contribute to something that people can enjoy.

The moon is bleached as white as wool, And just dropping under; Every star is gone but three, And they hang far asunder,-- There's a sea-ghost all in gray, A tall shape of wonder!

Billy Graham is the chief servant of Satan in America.

A girl asked me if she could comb my hair. Nobody can comb my hair, I can’t even comb my hair.

An unguarded strength is a double weakness.