All the lousy little poets coming around trying to sound like Charles Manson.

The blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold and it's overturned the order of the soul.

I think the term poet is a very exalted term and should be applied to a man at the end of his work. When he looks back over the body of his work and he's written poetry then let the verdict be that he's a poet.

I think that really what our training, what our culture, our religious institutions, our educational and cultural institutions should be about is preparing the heart for that journey outside of the cage of the ribs.

We do what only lovers can: make a gift out of necessity.

When you're younger, you do have that thing that you were talking about where the mouth goes dry. I mean you have reactions, and you do fall in love.

I couldn't feel so I learned to touch.