I started with poetry because it was direct, immediate, and short. It was the ecstasy of striking matches in the dark.

Ken, my husband, just smelled like he belonged to me. I'm not talking about hygiene. I'm talking about when you hug him, he either feels like a member of your tribe or not. It's their scent.

I don't believe in organized religion. I believe that people should try to connect with their own life force and let it lead them to do with their lives what they will find satisfying.

If you don't have time to do it right you must have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. If you don't know where you are going, how do you know when you get there? If you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.

To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.

I have a very sensitive nose. I identify with dogs. I understand the world through my nose.