 For me, the vast marvel is to be alive. For man, or for flowers or beast or bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly and perfectly alive. |
| 'A collected poems' is either a gravestone or a testimonial to survival. |
| I'm not religious in any formal sense, not in any God sense. |
| I don't think I do have a soul. |
| Things were so bad we ate rabbits that neighbours had run over and gave to us because they knew we were broke. |
| At a certain age you're always uncertain how other people will take you. |
| I was desperately unhappy trying to adjust to the world. |
| In my own mind, I was sort of a desperate kid. |
| I started writing when I was about thirteen. |
