"I'm a great believer in the power of the word, and the power of the image, and the power of the sound."

"Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does."

"I'm not a guru. I'm a poet. I'm a human being."

"The only way to protest a mad world is to be as mad as it is."

"America when will you take off your clothes? When will you look at yourself through the grave?"