I don't have a television set up [in the mountains], of course, but I find I don't miss it at all, or the newspaper. I've sneaked a radio into by cabin, but I find I turn it on very rarely.

I don't really understand that process called reincarnation but if there is such a thing I'd like to come back as my daughter's dog.

I heard of a man who says words so beautifully that if he only speaks their name women give themselves to him. If I am dumb beside your body while silence blossoms like tumors on our lips it is because I hear a man climb stairs and clear his throat outside our door.

Love is not a victory march

Some people, it [songwriting] comes faster. Some people, it comes slower.

I alwaysthought of myself as a competent, minor poet. I know who I'm up against.

As the mist leaves no scar On the dark green hill So my body leaves no scar On you and never will