It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages.

I'll write whatever I damn please, whenever I damn please and as I damn please and it'll be good if the authentic spirit of change is on it.

I think all writing is a disease. You can't stop it.

I pick the hair from her eyes and watch her misery with compassion.

A poem is a small machine made out of words.

A poem is a small machine made of words. . .Its movement is intrinsic, undulant, a physical more than a literary character.

No ideas but in things.