"I'm a Buddhist, and I'm a Jew, and I'm a gay man, and I'm a poet, and I'm an American, and I'm a human being. I'm all of those things."

"To be a poet in a time of great stress, you have to be a prophet."

"I'm a great believer in the power of intuition, and the power of instinct, and the power of gut feelings."

"Marijuana is a useful catalyst for specific optical and aural aesthetic perceptions."

"I am a poet, and I am a human being. I am a creature of the earth. I am a creature of the universe. I am a creature of God."