Marriage is survived just on the basis of ordinary etiquette, day in and day out. Also cooking together helps a lot.

A poet must discover that it’s his own story that is true, even if the truth is small indeed.

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're willing to give your whole life to it. Red wine and garlic also helps.

When we were children we were errant enough to wish to be birds for the day but there's nothing easier to lose than playfulness.

I have closely noted that people who watch a great deal of TV never again seem able to adjust to the actual pace of life. The speed of the passing images becomes the speed the aspire to and they seem to develop an impatience and boredom with anything else.

I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence.

Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become legends.