The people need poetry that will be their own secretTo keep them awake forever, And bathe them in the bright-haired wave of its breathing.

The people need poetry that will be their own secret To keep them awake forever, And bathe them in the bright-haired wave of its breathing.

Perhaps the whisper was born before lips, And the leaves in treelessness circled and flew, And those, to whom we impart our experience as bliss, Acquire their forms before we do

My turn shall also come: I sense the spreading of a wing.

Where to start? Everything cracks and shakes, The air trembles with similes, No one world's better than another; the earth moans with metaphors.

Only in Russia poetry is respected - it gets people killed.

Poetry is the plough that turns up time in such a way that the abyssal strata of time, its black earth, appear on the surface.

I love my poor earth because I have seen no other.

Logic is the kingdom of the unexpected. To think logically means to be continually amazed.

Perhaps my whisper was already born before my lips.

I was stopped in the dense Soviet wood by bandits who called themselves my judges.

Lady, I do not make up things. That is lies. Lies are not true. But the truth could be made up if yo know how. And that's the truth.

If you want something done, you'll have to dream it yourself.

And you can't have two stars in one relationship. Somebody has to be willing to be the wagon...at lease some of the time

Reality spilled out into the alley like water from an overfilled bowl - as sound, as smell, as image, as plea, as response.

I walked around the block twice, passed 200 people and failed to see a human being.

There is no worse sin than unbelief toward the gospel.

I always try to be very human in my performances and hang out with my fans. It is cool to be a celebrity, but at the end of the day I want to empower my audience and say, 'Hey, I am just like you.

Music has always been in me.

I hardly have any spare time! But when I do, I garden a lot - I love plants and flowers.

Lynda Carter, I think the reason I liked her was because she was so down to earth. Even though she was a big star and she was Miss America, she was very approachable.