Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.
Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.
I never knew what was meant by choice of words. It was one word or none.
Style is less the man than the way a man takes himself.
The difference between a job and a career is the difference between forty and sixty hours a week.
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me.