I believe every space and comma is a living part of the poem and has its function, just as every muscle and pore of the body has its function. And the way the lines are broken is a functioning part essential to the life of the poem.

But we have only begun to love the earth. We have only begun to imagine the fullness of life. How could we tire of hope?-so much is in bud.

But for us the road unfurls itself, we don't stop walking, we know there is far to go.

Teachers at all levels encourage the idea that you have to talk about things in order to understand them, because they wouldn't have jobs, otherwise. But it's phony, you know.

In certain ways writing is a form of prayer.

Affliction is more apt to suffocate the imagination than to stimulate it.

The world is not with us enough. O taste and see.