Everything is Song. Everything is Silence. Since it all turns out to be illusion, perfectly being what it is, having nothing to do with good or bad, you are free to die laughing.

Quote by James Broughton

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

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

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

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 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.

My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white...

My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Acclaim is a distraction.

Acclaim is a distraction.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

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...

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...

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

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...

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

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...

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...

Adversity is a stimulus.

Adversity is a stimulus.