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.

You win a while, and then it’s done - Your little winning streak.

Today [people] are ready to take emergency cures, whatever they are, if it's violence, if it's a fascination with serial killing or whatever - the discomfort is so intense. Maybe it's always been like that, certainly it is now.

[Patrick Leonard] is such a magnificent composer. I don't think there is anybody working today with those kind of skills that could translate one of my tunes into that really beautiful chamber music.

If you want a lover I'll do anything you ask me to. And if you want another kind of love I'll wear a mask for you.

A community is an alibi for the failure of individual love.

He knew that hair couldn't feel; he kissed her hair.