Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to end in gladness.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Acclaim is a distraction.

Acclaim is a distraction.

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...

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...

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

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...

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.