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

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

Writing is an undertaking for the modest.

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have conquered in myself what causes war.

I never 'plan' a stanza. Words cluster like chromosomes, determining the procedure.

Blessed the geniuses who know / that egomania is not a duty.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.