Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past, present and future keep happening in the eternity which is Here and Now.

I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do what they were most afraid of doing, to widen their horizons of action.

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

I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the attic.

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.

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