There’s no preparation for poetry.

Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all others were making ships.

The highest levels of consciousness are wordless.

He who cannot howl will not find his pack.

The world is beautiful but not sayable. That's why we need art.

The secret wish of poetry is to stop time.

Insomnia is an all-night travel agency with posters advertising faraway places.

When people ask me how to find happiness in life I tell them, First learn how to cook.

Poetry: three mismatched shoes at the entrance of a dark alley.

If I believe in anything, it is in the dark night of the soul. Awe is my religion, and mystery is its church.

One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other.

Sometimes, to have fun, you've got to be willing to take a chance - and even be frightened!

The so-called civil rights movement as it exists today is used as a Communist program for revolution in America.

Measure what can be measured, and make measureable what cannot be measured.

Enjoy the game. Happy golf is good golf.

I was living in the U.K. I was back in New Zealand for the New Zealand Music Awards, which is like our annual New Zealand GRAMMYs.

Eve was still frowning at the pasta like she suspected it was going to do something clever, like try to escape from the pot.

Whoever rises above those who once pleased themselves with equality, will have many malevolent gazers at his eminence.

Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty.

Even potential human life needs to be treated with great respect.

Reynie's fce fell. 'It's not funny, Kate.' For a moment - a fleeting moment - Kate looked desperately sad. 'Well, of course it's not funny, Reynie Muldoon. But what do you want me to do? Cry?