I would like my books to stand as a tool to unbind children from expectations of poetry because it should free the child to self-expression and exploration.

If I cannot offer some relief to our world, if I cannot inspire our generation to join me, then I feel I am a complete waste of space. This constant fear of feeling irrelevant in our society has been the catalyst behind all my efforts and passions for as long as I can remember.

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

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

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

Our nature as sensitive beings is far too complex to break apart, re-examine and reshape in a poem.

Although I was calm as a child, I had this restlessness about me–this need and hunger to create my own world. Poetry filled that void, and its words fed that vital necessity of ownership.