"The problem was always to break down the barrier between the public and the private. Authoritarian governments thrive on secrecy, blackmail, and intimidation. If poetry can include our actual lives an…"

"I don't think there's any such thing as an ugly person. There's just a person who doesn't know what to do with themselves."

"The universe is a symphony, and we are all instruments in it."

"I really believe, or want to believe, really I am nuts, otherwise I'll never be sane."

"We are in a time of great change, and we are all part of it. We are all witnesses to it. We are all participants in it."