So many names, there is barely room on the walls of the heart.

One of the ridiculous aspects of being a poet is the huge gulf between how seriously we take ourselves and how generally we are ignored by everybody else.

A motto I've adopted is, if at first you don't succeed, hide all evidence that you ever tried.

The mind can be trained to relieve itself on paper.

Poetry is like standing on the edge of a lake on a moonlit night and the light of the moon is always pointing straight at you.

Nationalism is a type of insanity in which the boundaries of a land replace God.

In the process of simplifying oneself, one often discovers the thing called voice.

Write the poem only you can write.

But my heart is always propped up in a field on its tripod, ready for the next arrow.

But tonight, the lion of contentment has placed a warm heavy paw on my chest.

While the novelist is banging on his typewriter, the poet is watching a fly in the windowpane.

True love comes from the heart and not from the words.

What does an introvert do when he's left alone? He stays alone.

It is my belief that children are full of understanding and know as much as and more than adults, until they are about seven, when they suddenly become stupid, like adults.

There is one sure thing about the fall of gods: they do not fall a little; they crash and shatter.

The most powerful weapon is hope.

I think history is inextricably linked to identity. If you don't know your history, if you don't know your family, who are you?

The man of true greatness never loses his child's heart.

Your boyfriend is…well, way buff. Monster buff. Lord, king buff. (Sunshine)

I hear Canada is still free though. They ain't got slaver camps and ships.

There are no weeds, and no worthless men. There are only bad farmers.