Mark Strand

And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem.

Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure.

The future is always beginning now.

Even the most dishonest officer would want to be seen as a role model for his children.

I've always felt a little misrepresented in the world.

All of my films have been autobiographical - it's all I've got to go on.