I have a notebook with me all the time, and I begin scribbling a few words. When things are going well, the walk does not get anywhere; I finally just stop and write.

I've always wanted to write poems and nothing else.

Poetry is a life-cherishing force.

I saw that worrying had come to nothing and gave it up. And took my old body and went out into the morning, and sang.

We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.

Who do you want to be in your one wild and precious life?