Sometimes I think I understand everything. Then I regain consciousness

They stood there, King of the Hill, Top of the Heap, Ruler of All They Surveyed, Unimpeachable Monarchs and Presidents, trying to understand what it meant to own a world and how big a world really was.

Poetry expands the senses and keeps them in prime condition. It keeps you aware of your nose, your eye, your ear, your tongue, your hand.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

You're insane!" "I won't argue that point.

I don't believe in being serious about anything. I think life is too serious to be taken seriously.

Fame and money are gifts given to us only after we have gifted the world with our best, our lonely, our individual truths.