Mary Oliver

I simply do not distinguish between work and play.

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

In college, you learn how to learn. Four years is not too much time to spend at that.

There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be able to record it... so I don't write a million songs.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty.