My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.

Quote by James Broughton

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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...

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...

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...

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...

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

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...

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...

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with...

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with...

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

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 American public does not know poets exist.

The American public does not know poets exist.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

Adversity is a stimulus.

Adversity is a stimulus.

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

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

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

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

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...