The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century.

Over the last half century the television interview has given us some of TV's most heart-stopping and memorable moments. On the surface it is a simple format - two people sitting across from one another having a conversation. But underneath it is often a power struggle - a battle for the psychological advantage.

The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century all natural disasters and all automobile accidents combined.

In my opinion the most significant works of the twentieth century are those that rise beyond the conceptual tyranny of genre they are at the same time poetry criticism narrative drama etc.

The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry.

One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can go from talking about the way a minute passes to the way a century passes or a lifetime.

A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.

And I mean I think poetry does need to be met to some extent especially I guess 19th century poetry and for me it's just been so worth the effort. It's like I'm planting a garden in my head.

Together we can create a world in which peace is real in which every human being can thrive in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.

Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history.