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

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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...

Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past, present and future keep happening in the...

Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past, present and future keep happening in the...

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

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...

Everything is Song. Everything is Silence. Since it all turns out to be illusion, perfectly...

Everything is Song. Everything is Silence. Since it all turns out to be illusion, perfectly...

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.

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.

In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets,...

In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets,...

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...

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

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

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

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...

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.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred...

Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred...

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...

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

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

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.