The more you love someone the more he wants from you and the less you have to give since you've already given him your love.

The only way you can grow is to let yourself make mistakes and create contradictions. As we learn new things, some of our old attitudes will change.

And you will understand all too soon That you, my children of battle, are your heroes

Poetry is the most informative of all of the arts because everything comes down to poetry. No matter what it is we are describing, ultimately we use either a metaphor; or we say "that's poetry in motion." You drink a glass of wine and say, "that's poetry in a bottle." Everything is poetry, so I think we come down to emotional information. And that's what poetry conveys.

The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader.

We are less lonely when we connect. Art is connection.

And like an unfaithful mate, once a car has let you down you never sort of trust it again.