"I will write the evangel-poem of comrades..." - Quote by Walt Whitman

“Apart from the pulling and hauling stands what I am, Stands amused, complacent, compassionating, idle, unitary, Looks down, is erect, or bends an arm on an impalpable certain rest, Looking with side-curved head curious what will come next, Both in and out of the game and watching and wondering at it.”

“My ties and ballasts leave me - I travel - I sail - My elbows rest in the sea-gaps. I skirt the sierras. My palms cover continents - I am afoot with my vision.”

“I am large, I contain multitudes”

“O why do I ever let anyone read what I write! Every time I have to go through a breakfast with a letter of criticism I swear I will write for my own praise or blame in future. It is a misery.”

“I've never been a very prolific person, so when creativity flows, it flows. I find myself scribbling on little notepads and pieces of loose paper, which results in a very small portion of my writings to ever show up in true form.”

“What a labour writing is ... making one sentence do the work of a page; that's what I call hard work.”

“When power corrupts, poetry cleanses”

“The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard.”

“The true poet is called to take in the splendor of the world and for that reason will always be inclined to praise rather than tofind fault.”