I see woefully obscure poetry as simply a kind of verbal rudeness.

One of the ridiculous aspects of being a poet is the huge gulf between how seriously we take ourselves and how generally we are ignored by everybody else.

A motto I've adopted is, if at first you don't succeed, hide all evidence that you ever tried.

The mind can be trained to relieve itself on paper.

Poetry is like standing on the edge of a lake on a moonlit night and the light of the moon is always pointing straight at you.

Nationalism is a type of insanity in which the boundaries of a land replace God.

In the process of simplifying oneself, one often discovers the thing called voice.

Write the poem only you can write.

But my heart is always propped up in a field on its tripod, ready for the next arrow.

But tonight, the lion of contentment has placed a warm heavy paw on my chest.

While the novelist is banging on his typewriter, the poet is watching a fly in the windowpane.

Yes!" He says. "Fear is an excellent motivator. I find that it really brings out the true ingenuity of a creature.

I write to fill my mind with the ecstasy of life.

Thank-you, son, ’ said his father. ‘I want you to know we’re bothproud of you. Take care, and keep in touch if you can.’‘Or even better, visit!’ said his mother, ‘our home isn’t completewithout you!

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

Two days ago, I was trying to decide how to ask him to marry me, ” Zane whispered. “Tonight I’m trying to figure out if I can even love someone like him.

The ultimate test of a man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.

The children of God have more in common then they have differences.

There is no moral equivalent between that butcher and thug and KGB colonel Vladimir Putin and the United States of America, the country that Ronald Reagan used to call a shining city on a hill.

The events of September 11 were carried out by people armed not with weapons of mass destruction, but with blades you can buy at a newsagent

God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.