The end of poetry is not to create a physical condition which shall give pleasure to the mind... The end of poetry is not an after-effect not a pleasurable memory of itself but an immediate constant and even unpleasant insistence upon itself.
I feel an intense intimacy with those who have this loathing interest in me....
I write poetry in order to live more fully.
I feel like a little kid who just walked into a candy store. I think that's something to smile about.
