Poetry, I think, intensifies the reader's experience. If it's a humorous facet of the story, poetry makes it more exuberant. If it's a sad facet, poetry can make it more poignant.

Is it not love that knows how to make smooth things rough and rough things smooth?

To not be able to love the one you love is to have your life wrenched away.

I certainly think its very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should talk about things that matter to them.

Put your backbone where your wishbone is.

Good music is good music, but it has to be good.

And an equation is the same whether it's written in red or green ink