The virtue of a piece is the writer’s thoughts.

Alcohol may also persuade us that we have found the truth about life, a comforting experience rarely available in the sober hour.

Dance is the most intimate art, the most unbrainy art, because it is done wholly with the body, which is so limited in its ability to speak anything but the truth.

The writer is either a practicing recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one--or both. Usually both.

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

As the saying goes: God made man and woman; Colonel Colt made them equal.

It gets really tricky giving advice. The older I get, the less advice I give.

I think one of the things that distinguished my work from the beginning when I was in college was my turning towards poetry from other countries.

To be part of a community feels really good - to be among people who have similar feelings and want to share thoughts. It's a nice feeling.

I wish to God I knew as much about writing as I did when I was 19. I was absolutely certain about most things then. Also, I suspect, more accurate.

I hope that you walk around the corner and you get very surprised.

People think that it's fun to meet celebrities - but what do you mean by "celebrity"? Someone you recognise? What are they famous for? It's people who've done something that are exciting.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.