A way of using words to say things which could not possibly be said in any other way, things which in a sense do not exist till they are born … in poetry.

We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.

Selfhood begins with a walking away, And love is proved in letting go.

Now the peak of summer's past, the sky is overcast And the love we swore would last for an age seems deceit.

We who fly do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with this miracle that lies in our hands and beneath our feet.

Love is proved in the letting go.

A poet is not a public figure. A poet should be read and not seen.

They who in folly or mere greed Enslaved religion, markets, laws, Borrow our language now and bid Us to speak up in freedom's cause.

High sprits they had: gravity they flouted.

Flying alone! Nothing gives such a sense of mastery over time over mechanism, mastery indeed over space, time, and life itself, as this.

The poetic myths are dead; and the poetic image, which is the myth of the individual, reigns in their stead.

I wait in fear, as the shadows draw near, spreading over the sky, will I live or die?

We can all take responsibility for helping to bring about change, and keeping our friends and colleagues safe from domestic violence

I think technology really increased human ability, but technology cannot produce compassion.

I can take about an hour on the tower of power, as long as I gets a little golden shower.

The newest is but the oldest made visible to our senses.

I think 'Hero' is not a real martial arts movie; it is not about violence, or formula.

I'm really loving acting. I want this as a career. I'll still write music and collaborate with people, but I'm focused on the acting path.

It's great that in the German language I've sold almost 30 million books. Isn't that amazing?

Strange indeed is the attraction of the forest for the minds of men.

If one synchronised swimmer drowns, do all the rest have to drown too?