Stanley Kunitz

“You must be careful not to deprive the poem of its wild origin.”

“End with an image and don't explain.”

“Darling, do you remember the man you married? Touch me, remind me who I am.”

“...few young poets [are] testing their poems against the ear. They're writing for the page, and the page, let me tell you, is a cold bed.”

“The poem in the head is always perfect. Resistance starts when you try to convert it into language. Language itself is a kind of resistance to the pure flow of self.”

“I can hardly wait for tomorrow, it means a new life for me each and every day.”