"The basic line in any good verse is cadenced... building it around the natural breath structures of speech."

"There have always been those who, though they see tragedy as the outcome of freedom, will nevertheless judge that tra…"

"What I try with my own stuff is to work the poem to a slow climax through a series of quiet painful dissonances."

"I have no interest in Kerouac whatsoever. I've done my stint for him. As far as I'm concerned, Kerouac is what Madiso…"

"You don't become a saint until you lead a good life whether in Tibet or Italy or America."

"You can’t become a saint by taking dope, stealing your friends’ typewriters, giving girls chancres, not supporting yo…"

"In America we have nothing that takes the place of the gods and goddesses and heroes and demigods of the ancient worl…"

"Late at night the horses stumble Around the camp and I awake. I lie on my elbow watching Your beautiful sleeping face…"

"With my own group I like to keep it loose. They have to counter rather than go with me. When they stop I like to be m…"

"Today we hear a great deal about Organizational Men, Mass Culture, Conformity, the Lonely Crowd, the Power Elite and …"