I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the attic.
It was as important to live poetically as to write poems.
For me a poem has to sing out of itself and the lilt of it carries the magic.
Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to end in gladness.
If you don't fill your days with love, you are wasting your life.
I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing and as hand-made.