Nothing helps an artist's career more than a little death and obscurity.

The life of a poet lies not merely in the finite language-dance of expression but in the nearly infinite combinations of perception and memory combined with the sensitivity to what is perceived and remembered.

Love was as hardwired into the structure of the universe as gravity and matter.

The problem with being passionately in love ... is that it deprives you of too much sleep.

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.

Artists recognize other artists as soon as the pencil begins to move.

Pain and darkness have been our lot since the Fall of Man. But there must be some hope that we can rise to a higher level ... that consciousness can evolve to a plane more benevolent than its counterpoint of a universe hardwired to indifference.