A chronicle is very different from history proper.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely; and if you surrender your personal responsibility to a government which promises to take care of you, they will only take care of themselves.

Once in awhile you have a thought, and you rhyme it.

Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.

I do insist on making what I hope is sense so there's always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can follow.

Both poet and painter want to reach the silence behind the language, the silence within the language. Both painter and poet want their work to shine not only in daylight but (by whatever illusionist magic) from within.

Why are stamps adorned with kings and presidents? That we may lick their hinder parts and thump their heads.