The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be.

I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.

The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be.

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.

Ambiguity supposes eventual resolution of itself whereas certitude implies further ambiguity.

Death is a new office building filled with modern furniture A wise thing but which has no purpose for us.

Things can harden meaningfully in the moment of indecision.

I don't want to read what is going to slide down easily; there has to be some crunch, a certain amount of resilience.

Each servant stamps the reader with a look.

And whether it is Thursday, or the day is stormy, With thunder and rain, or the birds attack each other,We have rolled into another dream.

Child actors come off as work being their life and doing it 24/7, but I still have those days where it's totally, like, whatever: shopping, movies, adventures.

You may tell the greatest lies and wear a brilliant disguise, but you can't escape the eyes of the one who sees right through you.

This much I have learned: human beings come with very different sets of wiring, different interests, different temperaments, different learning styles, different gifts, different temptations. These differences are tremendously important in the spiritual formation of human beings.

Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.

Botox, I think, is poison, I would never put it into my face, and I'm needle-phobic. I spend a lot of time keeping my face out of the sun and taking care of my skin and wearing make-up.

The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument.

I did buy 'The Sun' a few times, but I just don't read the tabloids. Sometimes they can have genius witty headlines, but that's all. There's nothing to read.

There is nothing terribly difficult in the Bible - at least in a technical way. The Bible is written in street language, common language. Most of it was oral and spoken to illiterate people. They were the first ones to receive it. So when we make everything academic, we lose something.

The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn.

I don't have a tolerance for long meetings. I generally expect to get things over with quickly.

I feel creatively vibrant. I have some great friends; I feel like I'm capable of giving a lot to the world. And ultimately, that's what I really care about, is just giving.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again this time more intelligently.

Demi Moore is a terrific woman and a hell of an actress.

We are only beginning to learn what to say in a photograph. The world we live in is a succession of fleeting moments, any one of which might say something significant.

I try not to look back on my career.

Swing a bigger brush you don't know what you're missing.

Being spontaneous at times is a must. Being spontaneous all the time is a crazy person.

I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.

Some guys may play around and say a couple of things, but if I say it, I mean it. I may laugh, it may be funny, but if I say I'm going to get you, I'm going to get you.

If you notice any of the press from when I was with the show, I would always deny it being the year 3000.

To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship.

Some of the bravest and the best men of all the world, certainly in law enforcement, have made their contributions while they were undercover.

Like all science, psychology is knowledge; and like science again, it is knowledge of a definite thing, the mind.

I just think we need more accountability and more transparency.