Poems are the 'daredevil' of writing because a poem will say what nobody else wants to say.

You don't learn to write by going through a series of preset writing exercises. You learn to write by grappling with a real subject that truly matters to you.

When students write from experience, they can breathe those specifics into their writing- dialect, odd smells, precise names of plants- that can animate even the most tired and tedious text.

Here's the secret of writing: there is no secret.

Use your notebook to breathe in the world around you.

Good writing happens when human beings follow particular steps to take control of their sentences-to make their words do what they want them to do.

Writing becomes beautiful when it becomes specific, concrete.

The real meaning of a poem is to stop time.

Springtimeand I wish I knew you

Visionary decision-making happens at the intersection of intuition and logic.

You can't understand depth of science, unless you challenge the published scientific data.

All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others

I like strangers, they say the nicest things

Having the kingdom culture is establishing kingdom lifestyle on earth

Israelis can be proud of the vibrant democracy that they have created, and I know that many Rhode Islanders share my deep appreciation for the close friendship between our two nations.

A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.

Look, Rose. You don't have to keep up with the hard-to-get thing. You already got me.

O love, where are you leading me now?

Microbes are just nature's janitors who work to clean up a poorly kept culturing medium. Trying to keep microbes off of and out of your body is like trying to keep the wind out of the trees.