Nothing flatters me more than to have it assumed that I could write prose, unless it be to have it assumed that I once pitched a baseball with distinction.

I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down.

A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.

Affection is an overpowering craving to be compellingly sought.

I've given offense by saying I'd as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down.

Poetry is what is lost in translation. It is also what is lost in interpretation.

The hurt is not enough: I long for weight and strength. To feel the earth as rough to all my length