I hope to go into a poem sober and come out a little drunk. And if I do then that's a real poem.

The theme of Death is to Poetry what Mistaken Identity is to Drama.

Praying is another way of singing.You plant in the tree the soul of lemons.You plant in the gardens the spirit of roses.

Leave my soul alone, leave my soul alone

Are all men in disguise except those crying?

I know the colour rose, and it is lovely, But not when it ripens in a tumour; And healing greens, leaves and grass, so springlike, In limbs that fester are not springlike.

As long as you do things for God, you are a Hall of Famer in heaven's list.

Scream at the mangled leather carcass lying at the foot of the stairs, and my parents would roar with laughter. "That's what you get for leaving your wallet on the kitchen table.

I think happy thoughts and feel happy things and I do not let myself near the swirling black edges of the hole that is my soul when I look at them.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

Perpetual emotion is the past time of the undisciplined mind.

I know you will guess all I leave unsaid.

I'm a character actor so I've jumped around to all kinds of things.

I am not dead inside. I still care about right and wrong.

The pernicious influence of the prize and medal giving in art is so great that it should be stopped. History proves that juries in art have been generally wrong.

The total energy of the universe is constant; the total entropy is continually increasing.