I love John Ashbery. He's the - really the poet laureate of English language poetry, whether he's given that or not, he is to me.

A lot of poets too live on the margins of social acceptance, they certainly aren't in it for the money. William Blake - only his first book was legitimately published.

I didn't get my degree at NYU; I got it later, they gave me an honourary one.

I think of poets as outlaw visionaries in a way.

When I get depressed, or anything, I go 'think of all the music I haven't even heard yet!' So, it's the one thing. Imagine the world without music. Man, just hand me a gun, will you?

If anyone tells you there is only one way, their way, get as far away from them as possible, both physically and philosophically.

It's hard to get lost if you don't know where you're going.

The beauty of life is in small details, not in big events.

Each one of us is a set of shifting molecules, spinning in ecstasy.

The counterculture is always repackaged and made into a product. It's part of America.

I prefer to be subcultural rather than mass-cultural. I'm not interested in hitting the vein of the mainstream.

Treat gain and loss the same.' Don't be Intimidated. Don't make a Big Deal of anything - just accept things as they come to you.

A word of advice, my sweet Emmett - mourn the losses because they are many. But celebrate the victories because they are few.

I can't believe that out of a hundred thousand sperm you were the quickest.

The law locks up both man and woman Who steals the goose from off the common But lets the great felon loose Who steals the common from the goose.

But we must not suffer over the suffering.

... everything I do, I choose very, very carefully, because if I don't like it, I can't make you like it.

Don't lose a diamond while chasing glitter honey

I don't think words reach people. Maybe nothing does

People make a big fuss over you when you're President. But I'm very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn't go to my head.

I never wanted to marry Roger Clemens. I wanted him to do right by his family.