A poem is a finished work of the mind, it is not the work of a finished mind.
I remember being so young I thought all artists were famous.
There is a world which poets cannot seem to enter. It is the world everybody else lives in. And the only thing poets seem to have in common is their yearning to enter this world.
Art has always been aware of itself as art.
Every time it starts to snow, I would like to have sex.
Now I will give you a piece of advice. I will tell you something that I absolutely believe you should do, and if you do not do it you will never be a witer. It is a certain truth. When your pencil is dull, sharpen it. And when your pencil is sharp, use it until it is dull again.