perfectionism is the enemy of art. Since art is essentially divine play, not dogged work, it often happens that as one becomes more professionally driven one also becomes less capriciously playful.

You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner. Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare

perfectionism is the enemy of art. Since art is essentially divine play, not dogged work, it often happens that as one becomes more professionally driven one also becomes less capriciously playful.

Courage is the only Magic worth having.

You must have a certain amount of maturity to be a poet. Seldom do sixteen-year-olds know themselves well enough.

Writing about sex turns out to be just writing about life.

Each one an antidote to the one that went before. Each one a reaction, an about-face, a rebound.