What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by exhortation.
They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
You must have a certain amount of maturity to be a poet. Seldom do sixteen-year-olds know themselves well enough.
Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
Plot is just a fancy way of saying 'and then.