“He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realize”
“You can’t lead bunny lives and write tiger poetry.”
“Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.”
“She lives the poetry she cannot write.”
“Living is the opposite of poetry. Poetry is the recollection of living, or, more often than not, the lament of having not lived. Or worse yet, merely the contemplation of living. My advice to you, Ms. Harper, is this: Live. And keep living. And never stop to look back to write about what you have lived and observed and overcome, lest you turn into a pillar of salt. This desert life is already full of such monoliths.”