I like to read because it kills me.

It is the first experience you ever had of reading a decent poem: 'Oh, somebody else is lonely, too!

I am convinced that the first lyric poem was written at night, and that the moon was witness to the event and that the event was witness to the moon. For me, the moon has always been the very embodiment of lyric poetry.

Words have a love for each other, a desire that culminates in poetry.

In the end I would rather wonder than know

I like to read because it kills me.

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.