I can find some way to make poetry out of my life's experiences.

Good copy can't be written with tongue in cheek, written just for a living. You've got to believe in the product.

David Ogilvy

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

To me, all creativity is magic. Ideas start out in the empty void of your head - and they end up as a material thing, like a book you can hold in your hand. That is the magical process. It's an alchemical thing. Yes, we do get the gold out of it but that's not the most important thing. It's the work itself.

Alan Moore

About 15 years ago I went though a period of a year or so when I just couldn't find anything good. My wife noticed I was having trouble reading menus. I bought some cheap reading glasses in a drug store. I got home and suddenly all these books that weren't good were good.

Richard Russo

I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science.

Joshua Lederberg

I advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences, ignore all the hassles and take a running leap through the hoop, even if it is in flames.

Les Brown

A poet's pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it.

E.B. (Elwyn Brooks) White

I'm a workaholic. Before long I'm traveling on my nervous energy alone. This is incredibly exhausting.

Eva Gabor

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Mark Twain

Meet some people who care about poetry the way you do. You'll have that readership. Keep going until you know you're doing work that's worthy. And then see what happens. That's my advice.

Philip Levine

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

Theodore Roosevelt

It's in an inland sea that the river of my life ended.

Fernando Pessoa