The business of love is cruelty which, by our wills, we transform to live together.

It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.

The beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages.

The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic.

The weight of love Has buoyed me up Till my head Knocks against the sky.

As birds' wings beat the solid air without which none could fly so words freed by the imagination affirm reality by their flight.

It is not fair to be old, to put on a brown sweater.

There is nothing beginning nor end to the imagination but it delights in its own seasons reversing the usual order at will.

My first poem was a bolt from the blue … it broke a spell of disillusion and suicidal despondence. ... it filled me with soul satisfying joy.

Somewhere the sense makes copper roses steel roses — The rose carried weight of love but love is at an end — of roses It is at the edge of the petal that love waits.

You are a product of your environment, but to be great your environment has to be a product of you.

Your mom's a discrepancy.

People are gonna look up to me because I'm young, black, and female.

I don't care about lasting. I just want right now.

And, all these things need to be coordinated; so we all need to work together, have timers going and everything so we're all coordinated and get this piece of orchestration done.

I find myself maybe just pushing myself to create characters that are a little outside the box, and if that sort of gets the critics talking, then I can take it.

I don't think there's a lot of actors out there right now who really know what they're doing at all.

Everyone's work is equally important.

Stress and looks are directly connected as far as I am concerned. If you are happy, you look good.

Please don't ask which I enjoy more - acting or hosting - because I love them equally.