I don't experience "emotions" then "analyze" them; they always reach me pre-analyzed.

I'm blissfully not writing anything. Just doing a lot of reading and hopefully some thinking as well.

I tell my students to think of poems as language plus, language with value added beyond its everyday use.

I can't even imagine having twins.

If you boil it down, just because someone else does the wrong thing we are not exempt from doing what’s right.

If you want your life to be successful, you must look inward. You must change how you think before your life can change. You change your thinking. You change your actions. You change your life.

Be grateful for every sacred breath.

Memories. Created in a moment, remembered for a lifetime.

I'd like to say to all my fans out there, thanks for the support. And to all my doubters, thank you very much because you guys have also pushed me.

Anyone can do anything because everything is the result of someone.

To survive, men and business and corporations must serve.

My taking a seat on the Council of the Fathers caused a desperate fluttering among my ghosts.

Why can't parents dance? Is it some universal law of physics or something?

One of the saddest things is that the only thing that a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work. You can't eat...nor make love for eight hours...