We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. Medicine, law, business, engineering: these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love...these are what we stay alive for.

The most important thing is to be true to yourself, to your own voice, to your own vision.

The world is a labyrinth, and we are all just trying to find our way out.

I suspend judgment about everything.

The writer must be a defender of freedom, even at the cost of his own comfort.