I do believe that the analogy for bisexuality is a multicultural, multi-ethnic, multiracial world view. Bisexuality follows from such a perspective and leads to it, as well.

The thing about genius is it will never yield to circumstances. Genius regards what's given as the beginning of its need to find or devise something else.

I believe that love is the single, true prosperity of any moment.

I am working never to be late again.

The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think

There are two ways to worry words. One is hoping for the greatest possible beauty in what is created. The other is to tell the truth.

Let me just say, at once: I am not now nor have I ever been a white man. And, leaving aside the joys of unearned privilege, this leaves me feeling pretty good.