I thought if only we could go onand meet again, shy as strangers.

Poetry, for me, is the answer to, 'How does one stay sane when private lives are being ransacked by public events?' It's something that hangs over your head all the time.

When I am asked how I began writing poems, I talk about the indifference of nature.

What luxury, to be so happy that we can grieve over imaginary lives.

Everything is autobiography, even if one writes something that is totally objective. The fact that it's a subject that seizes you makes it autobiographical.

Well, language seems to be something that obsesses me. I'm always writing about it.

Memory and poetry go together, absolutely. It is a matter of preserving and of remembering things.

at home the bookshelves connected heaven and earth.

My husband says spring will be early.He says this every year, And every year I disagree.He needs me, the dark side of the planetary equation.Together we make the equinox.

There's something to be said about drinking a carafe of wine by yourself ... I just can't remember at the moment what it is! (said after drinking a carafe of wine by himself)

Defeat is not worth thinking about.

A man can't be always defending the truth; there must be a time to feed on it.

Stupidity is a luxury and you will find time and time and time and again that those who are overwhelmingly on the left are those who can afford to be.

Absence is one of the most useful ingredients of family life, and to dose it rightly is an art like any other.

This belief in God has to be based on faith which transcends reason.

I'm a musician. I play instruments. I dabble in the hip-hop field. That doesn't take vocal ability necessarily.

Industrial production of meat makes a huge contribution to global warming.

I look at subprime lending and I see the American dream in action.

That which takes effect by chance is not an art.