If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.
“My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and the thought of his own.”
“I've always viewed myself as a brand. When I started 10 years ago, that was very controversial. 'Marketing' and 'PR' were dirty words for the literary world, but that has changed. Once the book is finished, I want as many people as possible to read it.”