Alice will always be a beautiful mystery. It is one I am content not to solve.I can love her now in her lovely darkness." -Amalia Milthorpe

It is all right when God sends us the approval of our fellow men; however, we must never make that approval a motive in our life.

If somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life.

I think horror should never be safe, whether it's violent or non violent.

About half of all people don't take medications like they're supposed to.

There is no bad light. There is spectacular light and difficult light. It's up to you to use the light you have.

When I was awarded a fellowship in poetry by the National Endowment for the Arts (for "Alphabets"), I felt myself suddenly (vaingloriously) equal to my Crow, which would be - I knew at once - Rat.

An author is a person who can never take innocent pleasure in visiting a bookstore again.

I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling

The real story of the settlement of the West was work, not conquest

After examining some of the recent cases which the Postal Service has pursued, vigorous prosecution of, for example, a health food advocate.