My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

Adversity is a stimulus.

Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what they ought to be.

At every crossroad, be prepared to bump into wonder.

The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole lyric.

My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.