Writing poetry is like always being in love. What masochism! What luxury!

Consumerism is our national religion.

As the medieval mind blamed God for human suffering, so the modern mind blames 'the system' for the industrial blight and plague of technology.

One parody is worth a thousand polemics.

What you say is who you are. How you say it is your style.

Technology evolves so much faster than wisdom.

When I went to school, they told me literature was a rope I must use to climb out of the dark well of unknowing. Writers are the knots on the rope.

Perception is a prism, and reality is like shot silk - depends where the light hits.

Longing is all that lasts.

like any Irish mother, I am scar tissue to the bone.

During the summertime, I really like to dress like a gypsy. I love that whole lifestyle and the whole mixing of fabrics and flowy materials.

Never lose Faith. Always have hope. Love for always.

Never look for justice in this world, but never cease to give it.

I love bringing roses to a woman when she least expects it.

I believe that in every circumstance I have been able to see rather clearly the most advantageous course I could follow, which is very rarely the one I did follow.

It's a wonderful thing to go to work and have no idea what you're going to do.

I don’t know what to tell you, Perry. Life’s hard. Love’s harder

I think of how and why and what happened and the thoughts come easily, but the answers don't.

I never call myself modern or traditional, in our out, new or used, because I prefer not to be hemmed in by rigid definitions.

No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days.

The recommended daily requirement for hugs is: four per day for survival, eight per day for maintenance, and twelve per day for growth.