I want a fever, in poetry: a fever, and tranquillity.

[She was] the Judy Garland of American poetry.

A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.

I'm sure they were disappointed. As you can imagine, the players listened intently. But they all wished him the best, told him they loved him. He told them he loved them, to stay on the books and play hard and do their best.

The true feeling of sex is that of a deep intimacy, but above all of a deep complicity

I need about one hundred fifty drafts of a poem to get it right, and fifty more to make it sound spontaneous.