The courage of the Poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

The greatest poem ever knownIs one all poets have outgrown:The poetry, innate, untold,Of being only four years old.

The greatest poem ever known
Is one all poets have outgrown:
The poetry, innate, untold,
Of being only four years old.

Poetry, men attain By subtler pain More flagrant in the brain - An honesty unfeigned, A heart unchained, A madness well restrained

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.