"I never dreamed the sea so deep, The earth so dark; so long my sleep, I have become another child. I wake to see the world go wild."

"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."

"The revolution is a spiritual one, and it's happening inside each of us."

"Democracy! Bah! When I hear that I reach for my feather boa!"

"Our heads are round so thought can change direction."