“Poetry is an orphan of silence.”

“Charles Simic, when asked what he thought of Slam Poetry events: "They are fun, but they have as much to do with poetry as Elvis Presley had to do with Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk".”

“Poetry: three mismatched shoes at the entrance of a dark alley.”

“Only poetry can measure the distance between ourselves and the Other.”

“Silence is the only language god speaks.”

“If the sky falls they shall have clouds for supper.”

“Lyric poets are always corrupting the young, making them choke in self-pity and indulge in reverie. Dirty sex and direspect for authority is what they have been whispering into their ears for ages.”