Thought must be hidden in the verse like nutritional virtue in a fruit.

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to.

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

Nothing beautiful can be summarized.

The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

Love is being stupid together.

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.

Let us enrich ourselves with our mutual differences.

SEE what you think.

After a lifetime of darkness, I want to leave something behind that is made of light.

You do not need to pay attention to those voices within you that create pain, or make you feel less competent, smart or able.

Sometimes I wish I knew how to go crazy. I forget how.

If you give in to intimidation, you'll go on being intimidated

The bickering and fighting and hating that women do with each other - it's going to kill us as a race of people.

Designers and photographers still want to work with me and I'm grateful for that. I don't know how long I'll carry on - as long as they'll have me.

The essence of temptation is the invitation to live independently of God.

My friend worked at a record store in Burlington and I really liked R.E.M. and a lot of music, but I didn't go to see much. I was 16, so I wasn't in bars unless I knew the band and could get in.

Nothing's worse than a woman know-it-all.