世界
"Poetry is a way of thinking, a way of being in the world."
"I think it is in the nature of poetry to be open to the world, to be open to experience, to be open to the other."
"We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory."
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.
The world is always right. In its judgments, it is always right. Because it is the world.
"The power of a story is that it can change the world."
"The world is a library of stories, and every person is a book."
The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence.
The poem is a way of living in the world, not just observing it.
The poem is a way of understanding the world, not just explaining it.
The poem is a way of seeing the world, not just describing it.
I am very much attracted by the mystery of the world, and I think that is the main theme of my poetry.
A good story can change the way we see the world and ourselves.
To write is to resist, to fight against the injustices of the world with the power of words.
"The world is, in the end, what we say it is."
"Every book is a door to another world, a world that exists only in the imagination of the reader."
The art of the novel is to create a world that is more real than reality itself.
The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion.