Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.

The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring.

Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.

I know how important it is to, you know, to be my own person.

Now is the time to move this country forward.

I think my mother... made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what other people think and you have to have the courage to do the unexpected.

Sharing the holiday with other people, and feeling that you're giving of yourself, gets you past all the commercialism.