When you're young, everything seems like a romance. At 96, I can still feel romantic about publishing young unknown writers.

Don't patronize the chain bookstores. Every time I see some author scheduled to read and sign his books at a chain bookstore, I feel like telling him he's stabbing the independent bookstores in the back.

We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.

When I was a boy I was my father.

The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of huge conglomerates.

It's much easier to consume the visual image than to read something.

Recipe For Happiness Khaborovsk Or Anyplace' One grand boulevard with trees with one grand cafe in sun with strong black coffee in very small cups. One not necessarily very beautiful man or woman who loves you. One fine day.