I don't see how poetry can ever be easy... Real poetry, the thick, dense, intense, complicated stuff that lives and endures, requires blood sweat; blood and sweat are essential elements in poetry as well as behind it.

Be loyal to what you love, be true to the earth, fight your enemies with passion and laughter.

Wilderness begins in the human mind.

Science transcends mere politics. As recent history demonstrates, scientists are as willing to work for a Tojo, a Hitler, or a Stalin as for the free nations of the West.

The axiom of conditioned repetition, like the binomial theorem, is nothing but a piece of insolence.

The sneakiest form of literary subtlety, in a corrupt society, is to speak the plain truth. The critics will not understand you; the public will not believe you; your fellow writers will shake their heads. Laughter, praise, honors, money, and the love of beautiful girls will be your only reward.

Only a fool would leave the enjoyment of rainbows to the opticians. Or give the science of optics the last word on the matter.