Hard writing makes easy reading.

A poet is somebody who has written a poem.

A poem isn't selfish. It speaks to people.

Sally has a smile I would accept as my last view on earth...

Survival, it is called. Often it is accidental, sometimes it is engineered by creatures or forces that we have no conception of, always it is temporary.

Live in peace.

And our nation, though it has no drinking water, electricity, sewage system, public transportation, sense of hygiene, discipline, courtesy, or punctuality, does have entrepreneurs.

If a manager of mine ever said someone was indispensable, I'd fire him.

While the days of parenting may seem so long, the years are so short.

The one cool thing with getting older is that you can actively choose to just be an eccentric.

There was one time I wrestled two boys and I beat them both! They weighed a lot less than I did and I think they didn't want to hurt a girl, so I don't know if I really won - I'd like to think I did.

Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler.

They've arrested Sebastian! For m-murder! You've g-got to stop them! He d-didn't do it! He can't have done it! He doesn't believe in murder! He's a v-vegetarian!

When people say they write for themselves, that's probably what they do. I will admit that I don't write for myself; I write to be read. I've got the reader in my mind all the time.

When you feel you cannot do good, at least desist from doing evil.