Poetry is life distilled.

I tell poets that when a line just floats into your head, don't pay attention 'cause it probably has floated into somebody else's head.

First fight. Then fiddle.

I've always thought of myself as a reporter.

Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You're not less than anybody else.

No man can give me any word but Wait.

She was learning to love moments. To love moments for themselves.