I knew I wanted to have a doll of myself on the cover. I thought, I wanna see myself as a Ken doll.
Poetry is perfect verbs hunting for elusive nouns.
Poetry is the tunnel at the end of the light.
The Ladybug wears no disguises. She is just what she advertises. A speckled spectacle of spring, A fashion statement on the wing. . . . A miniature orange kite. A tiny dot-to-dot delight.
The laureateship [of U. S. Children's Poet] has brought me a couple of appealing contracts, including my first anthology, the 200-poem The National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry. Apart from the increased travel, I won't let anything interfere with writing poetry.
A great book is a homing device For navigating paradise. A good book somehow makes you care About the comfort of a chair. A bad book owes to many trees A forest of apologies.
Spotted Park Bench I am a park bench. Ordinary words cannot express my thoughts on birds.
I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will.
All that you need is deep within you waiting to unfold and reveal itself. All you have to do is be still and take time to seek for what is within and you will surely find it.
True statesmanship is the art of changing a nation from what it is into what it ought to be.
Dedication to goodness-dedication in response to an inner moral mandate rather than external restraint-was both the antidote to the pain and the source of great happiness.