Poets yearn, of course, to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set themselves above the common herd and the daily grind.

Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.

Generally speaking, life is so rich and full of variety; you have to remember all the time that there is a comical side to everything.

There's simply too much fuss about myself.

I'm one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.

I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.

Poets yearn, of course, to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set themselves above the common herd and the daily grind.