“The future for me is already a thing of the past -You were my first love and you will be my last”

“You can never be wise and be in love at the same time.”

“I can see God in a daisy. I can see God at night in the wind and rain. I see Creation just about everywhere. The highest form of song is prayer. King David's, Solomon's, the wailing of a coyote, th...”

“Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.”

“It frightens me, the awful truth, of how sweet life can be...”

“You better start swimming, or you'll sink like a stone. Because the Time's they are a-changing.”

“You can never be wise and be in love at the same time.”

“All I can be is me- whoever that is. ”

“I had no time for romance. I turned away from the window, from the wintry sun, crossed through the room, went to the stove and made and poured myself a cup of hot chocolate and then clicked on the ...”

“Protesters are still on the fringes like satellites, revolving around the system. But prophets and poets lead us into a new world, beyond simply yelling at the old one.”

“Why do I write? Out of fear. Out of fear that the memory of the people I write about might go lost. Out of fear that the memory of myself might get lost. Or even just to be shielded by a story, to ...”

“They say that it is always poets that die in wars, and I never got over a sense of being in the trenches.”

“If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!”

“You can write nothing of value unless you give yourself wholly to the the theme -- and when you so give yourself -- you lose appetite ans sleep -- it cannot be helped --”

“If you're a writer, the answer to everything is yes.”