...in the business of writing what one accumulates is not expertise but uncertainties. Which is but another name for craft.

Man is what he reads.

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey.

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

I didn't want to be either the cre`me de la cre`me or a martyr. I'd rather be a novelty, especially in a democracy that doesn't understand the language I write in.

A language is a more ancient and inevitable thing than any state.

For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life - the lesson of your utter insignificance.