“...what else would a poet priest do on an endless night, but write of love?...”

“...you called me poet-priest - I am. ...devoted to my art, faithful to you...or, is the other way around?...”

“... paint in blue and black...sometimes gray - the colors of night - occasionally I surprise you with a mustard yellow, but then, I am a poet ...”

“...writers, like priests, should have compassion...and a sensitivity to pain...”

“...is the writer a prophet or priest - does he show the truth or serve the truth?...”

“...telling doesn't help me - it helps you. As Wilde says, It is the confession, not the priest, that gives absolution...”

“I am in love with the stars of night - I have made them audible...”