He says the best way out is always through. / And I can agree to that, or in so far / As that I can see no way out but through

We're either nothing or a God's regret.

You've got to love what's lovable, and hate what's hateable. It takes brains to see the difference.

You're always believing ahead of your evidence. What was the evidence I could write a poem? I just believed it. The most creative thing in us is to believe in a thing.

Fortunately, we don't need to know how bad an age is. There is something we can always be doing without reference to how good or bad the age is.

It's God - I recognised him from Blake's picture.

A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair.