A poem is an instant of lucidity in which the entire organism participates.

Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all others were making ships.

The highest levels of consciousness are wordless.

He who cannot howl will not find his pack.

The world is beautiful but not sayable. That's why we need art.

The secret wish of poetry is to stop time.

Insomnia is an all-night travel agency with posters advertising faraway places.

When people ask me how to find happiness in life I tell them, First learn how to cook.

Poetry: three mismatched shoes at the entrance of a dark alley.

If I believe in anything, it is in the dark night of the soul. Awe is my religion, and mystery is its church.

One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other.

Being a writer is a gift, being an author is amazing, becoming a best seller is everyone's dream

Between lovers, betrayal is always the worst sin.

Own your mistakes. Even when you’re in the process ofscrewing up.

Promise and pie-crust are made to be broken.

There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen.

I'm a reasonably articulate individual.

In the Year 2000 men will finally discover that the reason women go to the bathroom in pairs... is to make out.

I am not very good at reflecting. I am a complete perfectionist and always thinking to the next thing!

Pardon me, dear human self, capable of the most heinous degradation, capable of soaring.

Many words are not proof of the wise man, because the sage only talk when it's needed, and the words are measured and corresponding with the need.