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

Quote by James Broughton

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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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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,...

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

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

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.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

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...

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...

Adversity is a stimulus.

Adversity is a stimulus.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

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.

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...