"I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring."

"Work alone will efface the footsteps of work."

"The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many."

"To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano."

"History develops, art stands still."

"Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction."

"I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very beautiful, but the space on the page can be as affecting as where the text is. Like when Miles Davis doesn't play, it has a poignancy to it."

"Errors are not in the art but in the artificers."