In life, the number of beginnings is exactly equal to the number of endings ... In poetry, the number of beginnings so far exceeds the number of endings that we cannot even conceive of it.

In the end I would rather wonder than know

Although all poets aspire to be birds, no bird aspires to be a poet.

My happiness is marred only by my failure to attain it.

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.

I like to read because it kills me.

Metaphor is not, and never has been, a mere literary term. It is an event.