Poetry connects you to yourself, to the self that doesn't know how to talk or negotiate.

There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.

I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.

All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself.

A good poem is like a bouillon cube. It's concentrated and it nourishes you when you need it.

Courage has nothing to do with our determination to be great. It has to do with what we decide in that moment when we are called upon to be more.

Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit.

We should always do something that makes us feel like a child again. Keep learning, no matter what it is.

The library is an arena of possibility, opening both a window into the soul and a door onto the world.

I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned.

Sometimes a word is found so right it trembles at the slightest explanation.

Keep rechewing. Like a cow. Use all your creative stomachs.

Everything you know is a story. That’s how human consciousness works.

If the truth is told, things are just as bad as you yourself care to make them.

I do not wish to be any more busy with my hands than is necessary.

without my wounds, who was I? My scars were my face, my past was my life.

All beauty, resonance, integrity, Exist by deprivation or logic Of strange position.

I said, 'George, if you really want to end tyranny in this world, you're going to have to stay up later.' Nine o'clock and Mr. Excitement here is sound asleep.

Life isn't something you possess. It's something you take part in, and you witness.

I never ever approached a dealer. I have always been approached by dealers or curators or whatever.

There is no higher qualification than genuine inspiration.