Words cannot express as music does, that unsayable grace which cannot be defined. It leaps like light from mind to mind.

Sometimes my poetry is an attempt to keep off existential terror; sometimes it is a grappling with philosophical problems; sometimes just fun.

a poem is like a wine glass in which you can hold up a little bit of reality and taste it.

Time has told me less than I need to know.

What's grief but the after-blindness/of the spirit's dazzle of love?

You Can't Lose Something You Never Had

If there is a perceived difference between what you expect from others and what you expect from yourself, it will eventually erode your influence.

It does not matter where we come from or what we look like. If we recognize our abilities, are willing to learn and to use what we know in helping others, we will always have a place in the world.

I hate and I love, and who can tell me why?

The reality is the picture, it is most certainly not in the picture.

I still love poetic imagery. I love the idea of using surrealist speak to generate lyrical content and I love the way English can be exciting in and of itself.

Life is a rotten lottery.

It is hopeless trying to go forward when you are looking backward.

Only the history of free peoples is worth our attention; the history of men under a despotism is merely a collection of anecdotes.

The fundamental level of success is doing the hard things first - If you go for the feared thing first, then the rest of the day is easy.