The concentration of a small child at play is analogous to the concentration of the artist of any discipline. In real play, which is real concentration, the child is not only outside time, he is outside himself.

Our story is never written in isolation. We do not act in a one-man play. We can do nothing that does not affect other people, no matter how loudly we say, "It's my own business.

Love is the one surprise.

Part of doing something is listening. We are listening. To the sun. To the stars. To the wind.

When a bride insists on telling her lover everything, I suspect she is looking for a father, not a husband.

poets are born knowing the language of angels

If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I will write it in a book for children.