The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end the poem is not a thing we see-it is rather a light by which we may see-and what we see is life.

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.

Everything one invents is true you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry.

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.

I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion but an escape from emotion it is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality. But of course only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

One of my biggest pet peeves is that I just don't like it when characters do things that are funny to the writer but you don't know why they're doing it and it doesn't make any sense.

I have this pet thing about how global communications are moving so fast now throwing information at you making everything available to you and yet I feel it's leaving us more and more isolated.

My biggest pet peeve are just girls who go to sports bars who have no intention on caring what teams are playing like they're looking for just a night out. That drives me more crazy than anything else. Like don't pretend to be a sports fan.

I think there's something great and generic about goldfish. They're everybody's first pet.

There are things that I invented - the creaky geriatric robot that is always grumpy for example or the little wheelie guy he's not in the Hasbro lore. But kids love that stuff - this little guy as a pet on a chain. They gravitate towards it.

We all have our pet things that we like to get religious about.

It is one of my pet hates when I see players who have agents who do everything for them. They don't know how to set up their own bank accounts they don't know what they are spending their money on and they can't make their own decisions.

I've been lucky. I've made films that I really like. It's been a combination of what comes to me and what I choose. I've gone after lots of things that I didn't get pet projects that everybody ends up chasing after. Really you're lucky if you get anything.

I try not to wear anything I have to fidget with - there's nothing worse than wearing something and pulling down the hem and re-adjusting the top. My pet hate is when girls wear those strapless dresses and spend the whole night yanking them up.

A pet store is a celebration of dogs' existence and an explosion of options. About cats a pet store seems to say 'Here we couldn't think of anything else.' Cats are the Hanukkah of the animal world in this way. They are feted quietly and happily by a minority but there's only so much hoopla applicable to them.

Vinyl is the real deal. I've always felt like until you buy the vinyl record you don't really own the album. And it's not just me or a little pet thing or some kind of retro romantic thing from the past. It is still alive.

When a guy tells me I'm cute it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.

Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.

A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever and generally stopping before it gets there.

If a dog jumps into your lap it is because he is fond of you but if a cat does the same thing it is because your lap is warmer.

Never wear anything that panics the cat.