"I'm not a revolutionary. I'm an evolutionary."

"America I’ve given you all and now I’m nothing."

"The problem was always to break down the barrier between the public and the private. Authoritarian governments thrive on secrecy, blackmail, and intimidation. If poetry can include our actual lives an…"

"The world is a beautiful place, and we are all part of it."

"I think that's thy poison of poetry and I think that's the poison of political activity. As soon as you've got an obligation, you're a prisoner of an obligation, you're no longer actually reacting ope…"