Elephants are contagious.

The earth is blue like an orange.

We want to be, when we are young, A little man. I would like to be a big child, Stronger and fairer than a man, And more lucid than a child.

The language of my love does not belong to human language, my human body does not touch the flesh of my love.

Even when we sleep we watch over one another.

A woman is more beautiful than the world in which I live; and so I close my eyes.

The front windows as are the watchmen of grief - I've been looking beyond expectation - Beyond myself - and I do not know as I love you - Which one of us is missing.

The poet is he who inspires, rather than he who is inspired.

Your eyes in which I travel Have given to signs along the roads A meaning alien to the earth.

You cannot be known Better than I know you.

Hope raises no dust.

The first thing you want to do to become great is to discover your area of calling.

The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encumbered by all the conventional wisdom in a given field.

On getting mugged: I carry around months and months of receipts. I need a mugger who can file my VAT returns.

The Democrats believe they need more of your money to spend because they can spend it better than you can. But you know, sometimes philosophers don't act.

A poet is someone Who can pour Light into a spoon, Then raise it To nourish Your beautiful parched, holy mouth.

I don't think I'd ever reject anyone.

I love comedy, and I think thats sort of what comes naturally to me.

I think I can connect with an audience because I know what it's like to be on the other side of it and I really remember all of that.

When we are headed the wrong way, the last thing we need is progress.

I turned 30 and everyone told me I would feel different and I didn't. So I thought I'd move to New York.