Words are such small things, like confetti in the brain, and yet they are color and clarify everything, they can stain the mind or warp the feelings.

poetry had everything to teach me about life.

Life becomes a lot simpler for a creative person when he or she finds the routine that works best. ... get in the habit of going through the routine every day, and on some of those days, you're going to be lucky and have done some good work. ... Go to your study, close the door, invent your confidence.

Nature is more like a seesaw than a crystal, a never-ending conga line of bold moves and corrections.

The visual image is a kind of tripwire for the emotions.

No matter how politely one says it, we owe our existence to the farts of blue-green algae.

We evolved as creatures knitted into the fabric of nature, and without its intimate truths, we can find ourselves unraveling.