I think my poems are slightly underrated by the word accessible.

One of the ridiculous aspects of being a poet is the huge gulf between how seriously we take ourselves and how generally we are ignored by everybody else.

A motto I've adopted is, if at first you don't succeed, hide all evidence that you ever tried.

The mind can be trained to relieve itself on paper.

Poetry is like standing on the edge of a lake on a moonlit night and the light of the moon is always pointing straight at you.

Nationalism is a type of insanity in which the boundaries of a land replace God.

In the process of simplifying oneself, one often discovers the thing called voice.

Write the poem only you can write.

But my heart is always propped up in a field on its tripod, ready for the next arrow.

But tonight, the lion of contentment has placed a warm heavy paw on my chest.

While the novelist is banging on his typewriter, the poet is watching a fly in the windowpane.

Nations rise and fall, flourish and decay, by what they believe in and by what their culture stands for.

A broken heart bleeds tears.

The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again.

Pain is truth; all else is subject to doubt.

You just believe in positive thinking. And you can do a lot more with the body than you think you can.

Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it.

Once you conquer your selfish self, all your darkness will change to light.

The Compound Effect will help you beat the competition, rise above your challenges, and create the life you deserve!

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators.

In dunya, the image is always better than the reality. In Jennah, the Reality is better than any image ever could be.