Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and years."

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

Men of ideas vanish first when freedom vanishes.

"Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the sky."

"All politicians should have 3 hats -- one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pull rabbits out of if elected."