Rub a half potato on your wart and wrap it in a damp cloth. Close your eyes and whirl three times and throw. Then bury rag and spud exactly where they fall.

You owe reality nothing and the truth about your feelings everything.

To write a poem you must have a streak of arrogance-- not in real life I hope. In real life try to be nice. It will save you a hell of a lot of trouble and give you more time to write.

A creative writing class may be one of the last places you can go where your life still matters.

Assuming you can write clear English sentences, give up all worry about communication. If you want to communicate, use the telephone.

An act of imagination is an act of self-acceptance.

Don't write love poems when you're in love. Write them when you're not in love.

Say nothing and just make music and you'll find plenty to say.

Don't write with a pen. Ink tends to give the impression the words shouldn't be changed.

A good creative-writing teacher can save a good writer a lot of time.

Think small.... If you can't think small, try philosophy or social criticism.

A non handicapped person who relies on mendicity has allowed poverty to monopolised his destiny.

One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.

Life is the reward of virtue. And happiness is the goal and reward of life.

The only way you will advance spiritually is through humility.

Instant Karma's gonna get you, gonna knock you right on the head

The Tao principle is what happens of itself.

Industry is not a collection of machines and tools and buildings. It is a social entity that has the responsibility of realizing the happiness of those who work in it.

If we are going to be part of the solution, we have to engage the problems.

'Hamlet' is the best description of grief I've read because it dramatizes grief rather than merely describing it.

The owner of the New York Yankees, Mr. George Steinbrenner who I had the greatest respect for, I want to thank him for giving me the opportunity to win that special ring in 1996.