Be simple. Be direct. Be clear. Don't worry about being correct. Worry about being real.

They say you can tell a lot about a country by the way it treats its prisoners…I believe the same can be said for how a country treats its children

An educator...a good one that is, inspires others to be even better than herself.

I work backwards with the ending in mind as I create art, stories, poems and books. Always in a process of becoming.

Be the kind of grown up you needed as a child.

Most often it is in heartache that we love more boldly.

People say they walk on the shoulders of giants. True, but have you ever walked like one?

Create something. Create something ugly. Create something beautiful.  I don't care what it is. Create it.

Start each day asking, "How do I want others to feel?" Then act accordingly. xo

Education is not filling up a box but seeing what you can create with one and don't you ever forget that!

A poem a day keeps the doctor away.

God is a cloud from which rain fell.

Sometimes we don’t have enough faith to do big things, it is immature faith

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

Just remember, a dark shadow need light to exist but light doesn't need darkness to be luminous.

Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.

I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.

I'm not in the business of reading tea leaves. I don't have a crystal ball.

It's very difficult to be continuously charitable in a capitalistic society. You've also got to make sure that you can pay everyone who works for you.

Fear is met and destroyed with courage. Again and again, when the struggle seems hopeless and all opportunity lost, some man or women with a little more courage, a little more effort, brings victory.

You ain't never seen nothing crazier than this n - -a when he off his Lexapro.