My surface is myself. Under which to witness, youth is buried. Roots? Everybody has roots.

It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.

The beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages.

The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic.

The weight of love Has buoyed me up Till my head Knocks against the sky.

As birds' wings beat the solid air without which none could fly so words freed by the imagination affirm reality by their flight.

It is not fair to be old, to put on a brown sweater.

There is nothing beginning nor end to the imagination but it delights in its own seasons reversing the usual order at will.

My first poem was a bolt from the blue … it broke a spell of disillusion and suicidal despondence. ... it filled me with soul satisfying joy.

Somewhere the sense makes copper roses steel roses — The rose carried weight of love but love is at an end — of roses It is at the edge of the petal that love waits.

If you can live while doing what you love, then you are already a success.

Of all the gifts you can get, friends and family are the best!

Vision is tomorrow's reality expressed as an idea today.

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.

There is generosity in giving, but gentleness in receiving.

Our vices always lie in the direction of our virtues, and in their best estate are but plausible imitations of the latter.

I realized early on that I was pretty good at organizing. A lot of it was about control. While my friends were out getting hammered at concerts, I was making money. I am a control freak.

Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children.

People want to consume what you're putting out there, and you can create a really strong following of fans and admirers, and people who are invested in your career and your comedy.

When I write a novel I start each morning by reading for 20 minutes.