“It is a pity that no one in Paris bothered to quote Coleridge, who wrote, long before cubism, that the true poet is able to reduce 'succession to an instant.' Simultaneity in this sense is the property of all great poetry.”

“I believe that only poetry counts ... A great novelist is first of all a great poet.”

“A true poet is more than just a man who can write a poem with a pen. A true poet writes poetry with his very life. A true poet doesn't use poetic devices to con the heart of a woman but uses the beauty of all that is poetic to serve, cherish, and express love to the heart of a woman. Just as a true warrior is not a conqueror of femininity but a protector of femininity, a true poet is not just a wooer of a woman's heart but one who knows how to nurture and plant love in a woman's heart. Simply put, a true poet is a man who knows how to be intimate with a lover - first and foremost with Christ.”

“People should like poetry the way a child likes snow, and they would if poets wrote it.”

“He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.”

“Coleridge wrote, "Dreams are no shadows, but the very substances and calamities of my life.”