My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white page to be filled with images.

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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...

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

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

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...

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

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.

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...

I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing...

I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing...

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

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

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

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...

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...

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

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...

The American public does not know poets exist.

The American public does not know poets exist.

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...