I just had to find the courage to take that first step.

You can't truly hate someone until you've cared about them. Until you've loved them.

What's the good of being alive if you don't do anything?

Every travel is blessed adventure.

Martin Luther King, with whom I worked very closely, became very distressed when a number of the ministers working for him wanted him to dismiss me from his staff because of my homosexuality.

Novelty is seldom the essential... make a subject better from its intrinsic nature.

What I make isn't about me. It's about sharing my story; it's about someone being connected to what I'm saying.

Death is just nature's way of making room for the less experienced.

A truly poetic canvas is an awakened dream.

Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life.

You've got to do things that promote what's important.

The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real.

Spaghetti is good with ranch, and spaghetti is good with sugar. You put all of that together and make a sandwich out of it and you get greatness. People shouldn't judge unless they try it.