"What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?"

"A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself."

"Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice."

"History develops, art stands still."

"Often times, I'm surprised by what I'm writing or what I'm playing, and then that inspires me to keep going with it, so it ends up being a very adventurous process."

"For me, comfort is paramount."

"I spent a year in that town, one Sunday."

"It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter."