“I believe everyone has this fuckin' poem in his heart.”
“Everyone is a fuckin' Napoleon.”
“This poem has been called obscure. I refuse to believe that it is obscurer than pity, violence, or suffering. But being a poem, not a lifetime, it is more compressed.”
“No, I don't believe in God, but I respect the fact that you do. Everyone has to have something to believe in.”
“A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good poem helps to change the shape of the universe, helps to extend everyone's knowledge of himself and the world around him.”
“I believe passionately that everyone has a particular God-given ability”