The poem, for me, is simply the first sound realized in the modality of being.

Atlantis will rise again.

I hope you're representing the devil's advocate.

I have had to learn the simplest things last. Which made for difficulties.

Knowledge is the harvest of attention

Whatever you have to say, leave The roots on, let them Dangle And the dirt Just to make clear Where they come from.

What does not change is the will to change

I'm one of the cliches that has grown up.

There is a grace of life which is still yours, my dear Europe.

An American is a complex of occasions, themselves a geometry of spatial nature.

of rhythm is image / of image is knowing / of knowing there is / a construct

You cannot criticize Israel in this country (USA) and survive

Measure your day not by the money you're earning but by the unconditional love that you're giving away.

The whole westward expansion myth is seen as romantic. But it's a joke, a blot on American history.

People who want to rise above a well-cooked meal and a well-tailored garment, are out of their spiritual minds.

Anything you can suck at should make you nervous.

Wow. Clearly, I need to find myself an ex-con. Since prison is probably the only place in this city I haven’t looked for Mr. Right yet.

If writers stuck to firsthand experience, novels would be pretty limited.

It will be a great pity if any feeling of jealousy or egotism gain ground amongst you.

Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.

Wilhelm Steinitz was the first man to appreciate the inherent logic behind the game of chess.