I never said to myself, "I'm going to be the greatest." I just wanted to do my own thing..

The less it is possible that something can be, the more it must be..

I never deny poems when they come; whatever I am doing, whatever I am writing, I lay it aside and attend to the arriving poem..

I'm not just anybody.' 'No, indeed. Nobody is..

You flatter me shamelessly. I like it. Good..

I am looking for a poem that says Everything so I don't have to write anymore..

I have a family to feed..

Poetry is the most concentrated form of literature; it is the most emotionalized and powerful way in which thought can be presented..

Freedom is slavery some poets tell us. Enslave yourself to the right leader's truth, Christ's or Karl Marx', and it will set you free..

I'm happy with what I've achieved..

Poetry is truth dwelling in beauty..

All poets, all writers are political. They either maintain the status quo, or they say, 'Something's wrong, let's change it for the better.'.

You can't even see it. I'm the safest thing you'll ever find.

Not everyone has something to say. This will not stop them from saying it..

Poetry ... is the music and painting of the mind..

Thinking is always the stumbling stone to poetry..

I love to be the lead, but you can't always be the lead..

It is very difficult to pass from pleasure to work. Accordingly more poems have been swallowed up by sorrow than ever happiness caused to blaze forth….

It is not enough that poetry is agreeable, it should also be interesting..

I'm not Misbah, Mishah is not me.

God is always near us. Always for us. Always in us..