"One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there are those who've gone before and those who will come, and that there is a community of spirits."

"I thought, after the Pulitzer, at least nothing will surprise me quite that much in my life. And another one happened. It was quite amazing."

"Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every scientist I have met who has been a success has had to imagine."

"I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding."

"Performance has to be mainstream art. This is what I'm fighting for."

"I credit poetry for making this space-walk possible."

"People believe that photographs are true and therefore cannot be art."

"The art of living is discovering that a single spark of imagination can ignite the world."