Man is what he reads.

When I'm not writing or reading, I'm thinking about both.

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.

I grew up in the sort of cultural milieu that always regarded conversations about the political discourse as tremendously low-brow.

If a poet has any obligation toward society, it is to write well. Being in the minority, he has no other choice. Failing this duty, he sinks into oblivion. Society, on the other hand, has no obligation toward the poet.

What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the ugliness.

Boredom is your window on the properties of time that one tends to ignore to the likely peril of one's mental equilibrium. It is your window on time's infinity. Once this window opens, don't try to shut it; on the contrary, throw it wide open.