I never deny poems when they come; whatever I am doing, whatever I am writing, I lay it aside and attend to the arriving poem.

I am tired, Beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little inkdrops, And posting it.

Polyphonic prose is a kind of free verse, except that it is still freer. Polyphonic makes full use of cadence, rime, alliteration, assonance.

Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.

All books are either dreams or swords, You can cut, or you can drug, with words.

Happiness, to some, elation; Is, to others, mere stagnation.

Oh! To be a butterfly Still, upon a flower, Winking with its painted wings, Happy in the hour.

Happiness, to some, is elation; to others it is mere stagnation.

Sexual love is the most stupendous fact of the universe, and the most magical mystery our poor blind senses know.

When you came, you were like red wine and honey, and the taste of you burnt my mouth with its sweetness.

Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls.

As one judge said to another judge: be just. And if you can’t be just, be arbitrary

Freedom is the only thing we must demand in life, for all other good things stem from it

No matter how well things are going, failure and disaster are just around the corner. So celebrate the good, but be ready for the bad.

Gratitude exclaims, very properly, 'How good of God to give me this.'

Why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you?

We have got to extend the hand of friendship, we have got to take the peacelines down brick by brick

I just don't understand why the idea of the universe creating itself is a rational one

Keep the customer actively involved throughout your presentation, and watch your results improve.

Material things are not to be despised-without them there can be no manifestation in the material world.

If writers were too wise, perhaps no books would get written at all. It might be better to ask yourself 'Why?”'afterwards than before There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you.