Once I worshipped Keats for dying young. Now I think it's braver to die old.
It takes a spasm of love to write a poem.
Courage is the only Magic worth having.
The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn't. Social attitudes don't change in a straight line. There's always a backlash against progressive ideas.
I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets.