All Poetry Comes From Repetition.

You Can't Be Too Influenced By A Great Poet. You Simply Have To Live Through It.

Maybe There Are Three Or Four Really Good Poets In A Generation.

Certainly, It Seems True Enough That There's A Good Deal Of Irony In The World... I Mean, If You Live In A World Full Of Politicians And Advertising, There's Obviously A Lot Of Deception.

Poetry Is A Deliberate Attempt To Make Language Suggestive And Imprecise.

I Never Thought Of Myself As A New York Poet Or As An American Poet.