"The one thing it's for is to be a poem, and it's nothing else. And it's not for anything but that."

"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not."

"If poetry isn't understanding all, the whole world, then it isn't worth anything."

"To be a poet is a condition, not a profession."

"Freedom lies in being bold."