The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me.

Shakespeare tells the same stories over and over in so many guises that it takes a long time before you notice.

I like all my children, even the squat and ugly ones.

I have a plot, but not much happens.

I am not at all clear what free verse is anymore. That's one of the things you learn not to know.

A teacher is a person who never says anything once.

A lot happens by accident in poetry.