Adversity is a stimulus.

Quote by James Broughton

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For me a poem has to sing out of itself and the lilt of it...

For me a poem has to sing out of itself and the lilt of it...

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

If you don't fill your days with love, you are wasting your life.

If you don't fill your days with love, you are wasting your life.

And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all...

And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all...

My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade...

My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade...

Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even...

Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even...

I'm happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.

I'm happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.

Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors.

Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors.

The American public does not know poets exist.

The American public does not know poets exist.

The only limits are, as always, those of vision.

The only limits are, as always, those of vision.

The only limits are, as always, those of vision.

The only limits are, as always, those of vision.

I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I...

I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I...

I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing...

I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing...

I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.

I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.

Acclaim is a distraction.

Acclaim is a distraction.

I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do...

I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do...

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to...

Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to...

I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing...

I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing...