Decide that you know what you think is good for you and go ahead and do it.

Critics don't really affect the fact that we live in this paradise and what the meaning of that [is]. And what luck to have this!

My God is not a religious God. My God is nature, my God is everything there is. That's God. Everything is God. I'm a child of that.

Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart.

Poetry, I have discovered, is always unexpected and always as faithful and honest as dreams.

Love is big; love can hold anger, love can even hold hatred. It's about the intention of what you want it to do.

I don't know if you actually get something out of writing poetry. I think poetry is an autonomous muse that decides to come and sit on your couch.