On winning the Pulitzer Prize while living in Brazil: “There was one vegetable man we always went to. And he said, ‘You know, it's amazing! Last week Señora (Somebody) took a chance on a bicycle and she won! My customers are so lucky!’”

Deception is necessary. Disguises, too.
When I wrap this cloak around me,
I change into a barefoot, pious fellow

Two verticals lie down,
each to the other, a horizon,
each to the other,

How strange to be sitting in this room,
to be noticing the windows — clearer than air—
how they let in everything, the leaves,

1. Fat Man
(Shokado)

Clearly, the man eats too much.