The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.

True villains are extremely photogenic.

All the great things have been denied and we live in an intricacy of new and local mythologies, political, economic, poetic, which are asserted with an ever-enlarging incoherence.

The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The imagination is one of the forces of nature.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.

I do not know which to prefer - The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling Or just after.

It is not everyday that the world arranges itself into a poem.

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the sidewalk before it stops snowing.

I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system.

Most people do not have access to medication.

Many artists in Mexico fight to be the Latina Madonna. I don't want that! Never! Maybe she's the American Gloria Trevi!

A mere chronicle of observed events will produce only journalism; combined with a sensitive memory, it can produce art.

We need to move away from crass, consumption-driven materialism by de-materialising status

I grew up raised in church, my parents are both traveling ministers. They blocked out MTV which was fine, but I'd find myself figuring out who New Kids On The Block were.

The thorough bred against a clamor, or rather the Porsche vs. the pickup truck.

And you know, I hate to admit this, but I don't always think in terms of Shakespeare. When I eat, I do. When I'm at a restaurant, I'll think, 'Hmm, what would Macbeth have ordered?'

The willow turns his back on inclement weather. And if he can do it, we can do it.