One cannot in the nature of things expect a little tree that has been turned into a club to put forth leaves.
Let me walk through the fields of paper touching with my wand dry stems and stunted butterflies.
You have come to the shore. There are no instructions.
Both art and faith are dependent on imagination; both are ventures into the unknown.
I'm not very good at praying, but what I experience when I'm writing a poem is close to prayer.
Nothing we do has the quickness, the sureness, the deep intelligence living at peace would have.
Grief is a hole you walk around in the daytime and at night you fall into it.
When you meet a stranger, look at his shoes. Keep your money in your shoes.
Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.
Look At The Clock When You Are Sitting idle. But Never Look At The Clock When You Are Working.
No fruit dies so vile and offensive a death as the banana.