It's nice sometimes to open up the heart a little and let some hurt come in. It proves you're still alive.

Watch the indolent butterfly playing on the tall flower in the yard and think about the sun going down. It always does you know.

A poet can't afford to be aloof. The tools of his trade are the people he bumps up against.

The journey back is always longer than the forward run.

I am not a joiner. Somewhere I once said that people join clubs now for the very reason they once carried them, a need for security. Maybe I'm alone more often than I should be, because I try to find security within myself.

The world needs writers. We will always be necessary. There are few professions that can claim that distinction.

It's nice sometimes to open up the heart a little and let some hurt come in. It proves you're still alive.