Scholars look for final truths they will never find. Creative writers concern themselves with possibilities that are always there to the receptive.

A poet is seldom hard up for advice. The worst part of it all is that sometimes the advice is coming from other poets, and they ought to know better.

Never write a poem about anything that ought to have a poem written about it.

I think it's better if you write poems that look like you.

A good creative-writing teacher can save a good writer a lot of time.

An act of imagination is an act of self-acceptance.

Don't write love poems when you're in love. Write them when you're not in love.