The lover as baby is a less troubling idea than the baby as lover.
Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.
Critics are more committed to the rules of art than artists are.
My neglected duties crowd around me in my dreams, murmuring.
The hero used to be the one in white. Now he is harder to spot.
The ironies in the commonplace are my inspiration and delight.