"Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does."

"If homosexuality is a disease, let’s all call in queer to work."

"The censorship of language is the censorship of consciousness."

"I'm not afraid of death. I'm afraid of not living."

"The only way to be truly free is to be yourself."