“I wake to "magnolias sweet and fresh",
Lines of poetry on my breath”

“My life's purpose is to write poetry — but behind the poetry must be the vision of a fresh revelation for men.”

“Yet, wake again, I pray thee, wake;
My soul yet lives upon the chords —
My heart must breathe its wrongs, or break :
Yet can it find relief in words!”

“The ambitions are wake up, breathe, keep breathing.”

“breathe in experience breathe out poetry”

“Sex is good, but not as good as fresh sweet corn.”

“There is a line of poetry, a sentence in a fable, a word in an essay, by which my existence is justified; find that line, and immortality is assured.”

“This morning I wake to be older than you were
Fresh white snow for miles
Every footstep will be mine.”

“Ian Kabra rolled up his window. "My god, what's that smell?"
Behind the wheel, Sinead laughed. "It's called fresh air. Growing up in London, you've probably never breathed it before."
"And I hope I never breathe it again.”

“The line is a way of thinking in poetry, by poetry.. it paces the poem.”