I learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember.

When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent to experience.

I've always had a strong feeling for the Statue of Liberty, because it became the statue of my personal liberty.

I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate.

I learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember.

I'm standing up thinking. Anybody who wants to listen is welcome. If not, I'm happy to see them go.

I hardly remember how I started to write poetry. It's hard to imagine what I thought poetry could do.