To do a dull thing with style-now that's what I call art. - Charles Bukowski

"When I begin to doubt my ability to work the word, I simply read another writer and know I have nothing to worry about. My contest is only with myself, to do it right, with power, and force, and delight, and gamble."

"be it peace or happinesslet it enfold you"

"Sometimes things are just what they seem to be and that's all there is to it."

"It's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well."

"Poetry is what happens when nothing else can."