American poetry is always about defining oneself individually,claiming one's right to be different and often to break taboos.

Poetry is the art of saying what you mean but disguising it.

I do not read newspapers. I do not watch television. I am not interested in current events, although I will occasionally discuss them if other people want to discuss them.

But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way.

But I don't think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events.

High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this.

Learning to live what you're born with is the process, the involvement, the making of a life.

American poets celebrate their bodies, very specifically, as Whitman did.

American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet.

Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground.

I write in the first person because I have always wanted to make my life more interesting than it was.

There is always danger for those who are afraid.

A good shepherd always gives people freedom to choose

If you don't know a lot about figure skating, it's easy to fall in love with ice dancing because it's so romantic and so theatrical.

A lot of people my age are so hyper. I like hyper people.

There was still an element in acting, certainly for my dad, of like, "This is lunacy." But then once my parents could tell that I was serious, it was like, "Okay then."

With a Q&A, you need obviously to keep it snappy.

It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.

I get most of my inspiration from older records and older production styles, and that ends up rearing its head in the records that I make.

we certainly do not want to abolish power, that would be abolishing life itself, but we need a new orientation toward it.

I ache for the touch of your lips dear, but much more for the touch of your whips dear.