The good poet sticks to his real loves, to see within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.

Haul up the flag, you mourners, Not half-mast but all the way; The funeral is done and disbanded; The devil's had the final say.

Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.

But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the silence and settle in sleep.

To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.

The proverbist knows nothing of the two sides of a question. He knows only the roundness of answers.

Already old, the question Who shall die? Becomes unspoken Who is innocent?

The body, what is it, Father, but a sign To love the force that grows us, to give back What in Thy palm is senselessness and mud?

Poetry is not a way of saying things; it's a way of seeing things.

How something important happens is the business of historians and newspapers, the effect it has is the business of philosophers and writers and especially poets.

Poets of course are even more unpredictable than other writers, overwhelmed as they are by the moment they inhabit and finding it difficult to connect yesterday with tomorrow.

Making a dream into reality begins with what you have, not with what you are waiting on.

Holy paranormal activity, Nightingale - to the Jag mobile.

Are ya tryin' to kill me, Maggie?" Declan bit the words out and his fingers dug deeper into her hips. "Are ya wantin' to see a grown man beg?

I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years.

To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.

A community is an alibi for the failure of individual love.

There is a constant need for new systems and new software.

Fortunately poorer countries, such as China, are showing leadership and beginning to demonstrate to the world how to invest in low-carbon growth.

A subject emerges from an interaction between my self, my I, and my medium.

From a director's point of view, if I can create different characters which impress the audience, that's fantastic for me.