I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.

Hindered characters / seldom have mothers / in Irish stories, but they all have grandmothers.

Poetry, that is to say the poetic, is a primal necessity.

... we do not admire what we cannot understand.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

One writes because one has a burning desire to objectify what it is indispensable to one's happiness to express.

Among animals, one has a sense of humor. Humor saves a few steps, it saves years.