I just don't know how to stitch words in a predictable way sometimes. It's a weird instinct I've developed.

I always feel vulnerable talking about the poetry aspect of my career because it's little diary entries that I need to sometimes close read, and to reveal that much, it's a bit nerve-racking.

Poetry is a lyrical insinuation. Often, its melodic subtlety kisses the subconscious mind.

We're renting the space that we call Earth, so we may as well just go for it.

While some mothers sing lullabies to their children, my mother read me poetry. And to this day, I associate my strongest and most insistent feelings with words lyrically organized on a page.

I love making pizza with cauliflower dough. Again, can't taste the difference once you add enough ingredients.

My experiences there truly defined who I am to this day as far as my humanitarian work because I was a refugee in Albania.