I don't have a life-style, I have a life.

Language instruction should start in the first grade. Writing, also.

Fanatics are, for one thing, boring and, for another, unreliable. They tend to burn out just when you need them.

I do not understand why any poet or writer would run for office; that's a different sense of who you are. I'm just a poet. I am as truthful as I can be. That makes me an artist. I heed the people; I do not lead the people.

A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked, don't want to go without guarantee. But that's what's got to happen. You go naked until you die.

I have not tried to tell the people anything. I have shared my views with the people but I have not tried to lead or correct them, assuming they need correction.

I would put books on par with chocolate, because a good book is delicious.