There has been a vast output of critical studies in contemporary poetry, some of them first rate, but I do not think that , as a rule, a poet should read them.

Whatever you do, good or bad, people will always have something negative to say

A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.

What is a Professor of Poetry? How can poetry be professed?

Get up very early and get going at once. In fact, work first and wash afterwards.

As a poet, there is only one political duty, and that is to defend one's language from corruption.

To be free is often to be lonely.