I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the attic.

Quote by James Broughton

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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...

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...

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

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.

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...

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

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...

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

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...

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...

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

The American public does not know poets exist.

The American public does not know poets exist.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Adversity is a stimulus.

Adversity is a stimulus.

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,...

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...