"I'm not a person who believes in any kind of afterlife. I'm a person who believes in this life."

"What makes a poem a poem is the way it sounds. It must sound right. It must have the sound of sense."

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."

"It is absurd to think that the only way to tell if a poem is lasting is to wait and see if it lasts."

"I'm not a nature lover. I don't love nature. I love some of it. I love some people, but I don't love humanity."