"I get a huge energy transfusion from listening to poets read their works."

“I shall go Up and down In my gown. Gorgeously arrayed, Boned and stayed.”

“You’ve got mountains of your own, I’ll bet on it. Take heart. Be encouraged. Remain steadfast. Hang on for dear life. You’ve got a better grip than you realize.”

“The poor folk gladly came to me, for I did them no unkindness, but helped them as much as I could.”

“Among pacifists it was above all the English who always insisted on the importance of disarmament. They said that the man in the street would not understand the kind of pacifism that neglected to demand immediate restriction of armaments.”

“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”

“Also, I am very religious. It gave me peace of mind all my career.”

Source : Interview with Paul Schienberg, psychedonline.com. August 2, 2002.

“Writing a book is like torture that you don't know, but after it's done and there it is. It's a joy like unlike anything else, I think it's the closest that a man can come to knowing what is feels like to have a baby.”

“Until film is just as easily accessible as a pen or pencil, then it's not completely an art form. In painting you can just pick up a piece of chalk, a stick or whatever. In sculpture you can get a rock. Writing you just need a pencil and paper.”