I'm alive today, therefore I'm just as much a part of our time as everybody else. The times will just have to enlarge themselves to make room for me, won't they, and for everybody else.

Nothing is more wistful than the scent of lilac, nor more robust than its woody stalk, for we must remember that it is a tree as well as a flower, we must try not to forget this.

Who is this that comes in grandeur, coming from the blazing East? This is he we had not thought of, this is he the airy Christ.

Unpopular, lonely and loving, Elinor need not trouble, For if she were not so loving, She would not be so miserable.

All poetry has to do is to make a strong communication. All the poet has to do is listen. The poet is not an important fellow. There will also be another poet.

Life may be treacherous, but you can always depend on death.

The human creature is alone in his carapace. Poetry is a strong way out.

The sea was angry that day my friend, like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli.

I'll have your heart, if not by gift my knife Shall carve it out. I'll have your heart, your life.

Why does my muse only speak when she is uhnhappy? She does not, I only listen when I am unhappy.

People who are always praising the past And especially the time of faith as best Ought to go and live in the Middle Ages And be burnt at the stake as witches and sages.

You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.

Only people can change people

It's not the substance of what you make known to me that's beautiful

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

It is true that we choose our life, but it’s also true that we can choose at any moment to change our path.

As many people die from an excess of timidity as from bravery.

To be able to sit in Donald Trump's apartment and talk about the future of corporate real estate was amazing.

It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That's not what I'm about.

The only thing I can really offer the Filipino people is my sincerity.

I love the idea of a beautiful neighborhood that represents the very best of American values, but also as a fun backdrop to some darker, deliciously sneaky things going on in people's lives.