The poet, as a rule, is a half-man - a sissy, not a real person, and he is in no shape to lead real men in matters of blood, or courage.

Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.

I want so much that is not here and do not know where to go.

I lie as truthfully as I can.

i dunno," i said, "but i have an idea that people who don't think too much tend to look younger longer

I write right off the typer. I call it my "machinegun." I hit it hard, usually late at night while drinking wine and listening to classical music on the radio and smoking mangalore ganesh beedies.

if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it comes unasked out of your heart and your mind and your mouth and your gut, don't do it.