I'll die propped up in bed trying to do a poem about America.

Yesterday and tomorrow cross and mix on the skyline. The two are lost in a purple haze. One forgets, one waits.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar.

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.

It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

This is where men and women are different, we can put aside petty competition for relationships - they can't. It interferes.

I guess part of the hit-man appeal is the solitude. Everybody is lured to the idea of the solitary life.

I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.

Revenge is a meal best served cold.

For drinking Life there are two cups: The No Cup is bitter, the Yes Cup is yummy -- Now, which one would you rather have in your tummy?

Useless as a pulled tooth.

Life is a dream and autumn is a dream within dream!

You stand your ground and you perform your art. That's what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.

The movie that made me want to make movies was "Blue Velvet."

There's some anxiety the 30 minutes before the show starts. But once you step on stage and face the people, everything goes away, and you have fun and enjoy the audience.