Being an art form, verse cannot be "free" in the sense of having no limitations or guiding principle.

It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.

The beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages.

The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic.

The weight of love Has buoyed me up Till my head Knocks against the sky.

As birds' wings beat the solid air without which none could fly so words freed by the imagination affirm reality by their flight.

It is not fair to be old, to put on a brown sweater.

There is nothing beginning nor end to the imagination but it delights in its own seasons reversing the usual order at will.

My first poem was a bolt from the blue … it broke a spell of disillusion and suicidal despondence. ... it filled me with soul satisfying joy.

Somewhere the sense makes copper roses steel roses — The rose carried weight of love but love is at an end — of roses It is at the edge of the petal that love waits.

People from different parts of the world can respond to the same story if it says something to them about their own history and their own experience.

Inspiration comes in the middle of the night when you should be doing homework.

[Peace in Syria] is [António Guterres] priority, and of course it's our priority, that's self-evident.

There are many vampires in the world today - you only have to think of the film business.

The difference between average and good. Good and Great! Great and Phenomenal! It's their mindset!

Working on your biceps? Try chopping down a cherry tree.

Rick Shapiro is a top comedian.

If I had a dollar for every time I smiled secretly having you in my mind I think my bank account would show up millions.

Coming into the place of Soul-awareness is coming home.

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms.