“God is the poet, men are only the actors.”

“The poet is a god, or, the young poet is a god. The old poet is a tramp.”

“For actors on the stage, but not for men.”

“I learned that poets aren’t God, but if there is a God…or anything approaching a God…he’s a poet. And a failed one at that.”

“The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.”

“Just as the good actor perform well whatever role the poet assigns, so too must the good man perform whatever Fortune assigns. For she, says Bion, just like a poet, sometimes assigns the leading role, sometimes that of the supporting role; sometimes that of a king, sometimes that of a beggar. Do not, therefore, being a supporting actor, desire the role of the lead.”

“God is the perfect poet.”

“We cannot be the men of God if we are not in the Word of God. We are only qualified by God's word to become his men.”

“All men are poets at heart. ”

“There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.”