A 'truth' detached and purified of pleasures of ordinary life is not worth a damn in my view. Every grand theory and noble sentiment ought to be first tested in the kitchen-and then in bed, of course.

The highest levels of consciousness are wordless.

If the sky falls they shall have clouds for supper.

Making art in America is about saving one's soul.

Only poetry can measure the distance between ourselves and the Other.

The secret wish of poetry is to stop time.

He who cannot howl will not find his pack.