On poetry: Everyone wants to know what it means. But nobody is asking, How does it feel?

You have to be in the world to understand what the spiritual is about, and you have to be spiritual in order to truly be able to accept what the world is about.

Rhythm is one of the most powerful of pleasures, and when we feel a pleasurable rhythm we hope it will continue. When it does, it grows sweeter.

The challenge is to keep up with all the new poets at the same time I love the old ones.

One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began.

It's not a competition, it's a doorway.

You want to cry aloud for your mistakes. But to tell the truth the world doesn't need any more of that sound.