Turtle has just one plan at a time, and every cell buys into it.

There are mornings when everything brims with promise, even my empty cup.

Sometimes you sense how faithfully your life is delivered, even though you can't read the address.

The poem is the device through which the ordinary world is seen in a new way - engaging, compelling, even beautiful.

There's nothing wrong with delighting in what you do. In fact, most of the fun you'll have as a poet will come about during the process of writing.

All night, this soft rain from The distant past. No wonder I sometimes Waken as a child.

I like the idea of there being times when even words cost so much you used them sparingly. I have known a lot of old men and women who talked as if they were paying Western Union by the word.

This evening, I sat by an open window and read till the light was gone and the book was no more than a part of the darkness.

When she left me I stood out in the thunderstorm, hoping to be destroyed by lightning. It missed, first left, then right.

I farm a little plot of things to say, with not much frontage on the busy road.

Keeping a journal is like taking good care of one’s heart.

We need a renaissance of wonder.

The search for historical laws is, I maintain, mistaken in principle.

When you look at the beginning of the actual war, it's not hard to recognize that the Pakistanis were the ones to attack.

When you brush your teeth, I'll squeeze the toothpaste.

Point out the problems, as long as you have a solution. I don't like critics who aren't doers themselves.

The young woman was crying, in the way that grownups cry, keeping it inside as much as they can, and hating it when it still pushes out at the edges, making them ugly and funny-looking on the way.

The more the climate is forced to change, the more likely it is to hit some unforeseen threshold that can trigger quite fast, surprising and perhaps unpleasant changes.

I'm someone who believes that making things creates wealth.

Seeing people laugh definitely inspires me, and so does seeing people get life lessons about living better.

Thirst for victory leads to defeat; not tiring of defeat leads to victory.