I do not give the honorific name of 'poetry' to the primitive and the unaccomplished.

You don’t read or overhear the voice in the poem, you are the voice in the poem.

Each poem leads you to the questions it makes sense to ask it.

The non-artists among us are always terribly busy, but finally disappear without a trace.

One could say that artists are people who think naturally in highly patterned ways.

Soul or Intelligence destined to possess the sense of Identity.

The art of utterance persuades initially by its music and its rhythm, before semiotic or personal characteristics come into play.

All good poets of the past, almost without exception, were at least bilingual if not trilingual.

A poem needs imaginative rhythms as well as imaginative transformation of content.

When I first heard Wallace Stevens voice, it was by chance: a friend wanted to listen to the recording he had made for the Harvard Vocarium Series.

If you like the precision and concision of poetry, a page of prose is unsatisfying in a certain way. And poetry is so direct.

Love is in your heart. If you search deeply you will find it.

In the early days, we just wore black onstage. Very bold, my dear. Then we introduced white, for variety, and it simply grew and grew.

I listened for the echo, and I heard only praise —

You can sometimes learn more working with less talented people, because you learn to survive.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

I really hope that when I leave, my last trace will be beautiful.

He who does not tire, tires adversity.

You do not get peace by shouting: Peace. Peace is a meaningless word; what we need is a glorious peace.

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

Thank you to my wonderful actors, the triangle of man-love which is Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and me.