The poet must decide not to impose his feelings in order to write without sentimentality.
“If a man is tongue-tied, don't laugh at him, but, rather, feel pity for him, as you would for a man with broken legs.”
“Celebrity is absolutely preposterous. Entertainment seems to be inflating. It used to be the punctuation to your life, a film or a novel or a play, a way of celebrating a good week or month. Now it feels as if it's all punctuation.”