Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator; but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.

Poetry is the only art people haven't learned to consume like soup.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.