The world is beautiful but not sayable. That's why we need art.

One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other.

Poetry is an orphan of silence.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

Insomnia is an all-night travel agency with posters advertising faraway places.

In their effort to divorce language and experience, deconstructionist critics remind me of middle-class parents who do not allow their children to play in the street.

There’s no preparation for poetry.