Of course, among the confused motives that spurred me toward being a writer was also the desire to look, to be above the trees and rooftops, beyond the Malaysian horizon that circumscribed my life.

Writing a poem is unwriting a knot, like untying a shoelace that is clubbing your foot.

New formalism is writing with language as flow, like the flow from a dam, running through a desert that has had no rain for decades.

Poetry must speak of others, in order to speak for the poet's imagination, in order to speak of itself; it is slowed down by poetics after its flight is over.

As I grew older - and even when I was younger - it had puzzled me why I continued and continue to be heterosexual.

Poetry has roots, but they are sometimes cut off and still poetry is written.

At a certain point, the struggles with teaching and mothering and so on and so forth, those decline, those lessen.

I'm in my 60s, and a cancer scare just makes you more aware of mortality.

Working women went through a time when they believed that.

[My muse] she's impatient with me, because I don't do what I should do: sit down and write.

Agency over one's sexual self - and the articulation of that kind of agency - might seem transgressive to readers who don't expect it in a woman's text.

None of this is to deny that the Niger Delta has made mistakes. It has, and a good number at that. But then, mistakes are made to make wiser and therefore help in better decision making.

Everything is holy! everybody's holy! everywhere is holy! everyday is in eternity! Everyman's an angel!

The measure of man's humanity is the extent and intensity of his love for mankind.

Well all of Chuck's children are out there playing his licks, get into your kicks. Come back baby, rock and roll never forgets.

It always comes back to the fact that it is best to listen to that inner voice, whether you're in a relationship or not.

Dogs get lost hundreds of times and no one ever notices it or sends an account of it to a scientific magazine.

Never change your originality for the sake of others because no one can play your role better than you.

Color is all. When color is right, form is right. Color is everything, color is vibration like music; everything is vibration.

Get people to sing together and they'll act together too.

Culture Clash is a national treasure.