To be precise and reckless: that is the consummation devoutly to be wished.

What you have to realize when you write poetry, or if you love poetry, is that poetry is just naturally the greatest god damn thing that ever was in the whole universe

I want you to hear a new version of Dueling Banjos. Anyone else is welcome.

A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.

Flight is the only truly new sensation than men have achieved in modern history.

I want a fever, in poetry: a fever, and tranquillity.

There are so many selves in everybody, and just to explore and exploit one is wrong, dead wrong, for the creative person.

I once had the nerve to ask Picasso the question, 'What is art?' He answered, 'Art is a lie which makes us see the truth.

I don’t believe that a reviewer or a critic can really criticize well unless he can praise well.

Poetry makes possible the deepest kind of personal possession of the world.

Find out what you do best, and then don't do it.

Getting an education is the best journey to unfold your own beauty.

When we are a comfort and encouragement to others, we are sometimes surprised at how it comes back to us many times over.

Without hope there is no faith and without faith it is impossible to love. If we do not embrace love we cannot embrace hope and therefore have no purpose.

The advertising industry's prime task is to ensure that uninformed consumers make irrational choices, thus undermining market theories that are based on just the opposite.

Faith is a really important part of my life and inspires me in all facets of my life, including my songwriting and my singing.

Rich get richer. Everyone else gets poorer. And all these guys can talk about is war and defunding Planned Parenthood.

Lack of true progress may not be a result of not doing what one is supposed to, but lack of focused effort trying not to do too much.

Distortion upon distortion: . . . the more one uses the mind, the more confused one becomes.

Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.

This moment is always the best one in which to express your care for others.