Everything is autobiography, even if one writes something that is totally objective. The fact that it's a subject that seizes you makes it autobiographical.

Poetry, for me, is the answer to, 'How does one stay sane when private lives are being ransacked by public events?' It's something that hangs over your head all the time.

When I am asked how I began writing poems, I talk about the indifference of nature.

What luxury, to be so happy that we can grieve over imaginary lives.

Well, language seems to be something that obsesses me. I'm always writing about it.

Memory and poetry go together, absolutely. It is a matter of preserving and of remembering things.

at home the bookshelves connected heaven and earth.

My husband says spring will be early.He says this every year, And every year I disagree.He needs me, the dark side of the planetary equation.Together we make the equinox.

I thought if only we could go onand meet again, shy as strangers.

Imitation is suicide.

Success come to those people who never ever doubt themselves!

The powerful chords that emanated from the radio heated me from the inside out, like a microwave.

We work with whoever is elected. Some will bring a more generous, open view of the world than others.

Life is brutal that way ... the loss of irrecoverable moments amid trivia and distraction.

Worship is an endeavor to bring to God that which costs you something.

I was obsessed. I wouldn't quit. My grades suffered. I didn't care.

I never agree with Communists or any other kind of kept men.

I didn't need more fame or money. I needed more heart.

Because you can poke someone's eye out legally doesn't mean you should and that it's right. The Bible teaches us a more perfect justice.