Dance, vaudeville, drama, movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in a theater.

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Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with...

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with...

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

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

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

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...

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.

Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is.

Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is.

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

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

Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they...

Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they...

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

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

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a...

If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a...

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...

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.

My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.

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 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...

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

A born poet knows in his cradle that a poetic life is the only life...

A born poet knows in his cradle that a poetic life is the only life...

The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole...

The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole...