Straight photography, following the medium, is intoxicating - trying to wrestle it into the form of a poem.

Imagine what Masaccio or Leonardo would have done if they had an instrument with which they could point, push a button, and get an image.

I would fix other people's lines if they asked me on occasion. The hard part of writing is the architecture of it, getting the story and structuring it. Not the tweaking of lines.

The secret of life was Breath. That was what I always wanted my words to do, to Breathe.

In justifying cruelty to animals we put ourselves also on the animal level. We choose the jungle and must abide by our choice.

I've been an actor for 30 years, so I pretty much know how to do the basics of a fight without hurting anybody.

St. Paul's arose like some huge mountain above the enormous mass of smaller buildings.

I've never been in style, so I can't go out of style.

I didn't know who Meredith Monk was, and I knew about Laurie Anderson but I didn't know her music that well.

This is the Speaker for the Dead? Judging someone by appearances?" "Maybe I've fallen in love with Grego." "You've always been a sucker for people who pee on you.

No one is going to hand you an organizational chart. You have to hand it to yourself.

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?