Pleasure Is Terrifying Because It Breaks Down

Critics Write Out Of Intellectual Exercise, Not Poets. Poets Write Straight From The Heart.

When I Was A Ten-year Old Bookworm And Used To Kiss The Dust Jacket Pictures Of Authors As If They Were Icons, It Used To Amaze Me That These Remote People Could Provoke Me To Love.

Many People Today Believe That Cynicism Requires Courage. Actually, Cynicism Is The Height Of Cowardice. It Is Innocence And Open-heartednes S That Requires The True Courage -- However Often We Are Hurt As A Result Of It.

It's Easier To Write About Pain Than About Joy. Joy Is Wordless.

Nothing You Write Is Ever Lost To You. At Some Other Level Your Mind Is Working On It.