"I'm a Buddhist, and I'm a Jew, and I'm a gay man, and I'm a poet, and I'm an American, and I'm a human being. I'm all of those things."

"America I’ve given you all and now I’m nothing."

"First thought, best thought."

"Death let you out, Death had the Mercy, you're done with your century, done with God."

"To gain your own voice, forget about having it heard. Become a saint of your own province and your own consciousness."