"The world is full of people who are trying to get out of things. They're trying to get out of responsibility, they're trying to get out of work."

"Earth's the right place for love: I don't know where it's likely to go better."

"Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat."

"If you don't know what you want, you won't get it."

"The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth."