I'm blissfully not writing anything. Just doing a lot of reading and hopefully some thinking as well.

I don't experience "emotions" then "analyze" them; they always reach me pre-analyzed.

I tell my students to think of poems as language plus, language with value added beyond its everyday use.

I can't even imagine having twins.

Becuse God loves us, but the devil takes an interest.

Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth.

I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war.

When the heavens are with you, when the earth is with you, when the sea is with you, when the wind is with you. Who's going to defeat you after that? Nobody.

Play is basic to all normal and healthy children. It provides pleasure and learning and a minimum of risks and penalties for mistakes.

Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.

[Flying kite with my friends] is one of the seminal memories of growing up for me.

Most people in the university [ Columbia University ], including the administration, are very biased against the military.

Don't be content in your life just to do no wrong, be prepared every day to try and do some good.

I only form an opinion when I feel that I've done sufficient research and have sufficient access to information.