If God put the rainbows right in the clouds themselves, each one of us in the direst and dullest and most dreaded and dreary moments can see a possibility of hope ... Each one of us has the chance to be a rainbow in somebody's cloud.

The subject of the poem usually dictates the rhythm or the rhyme and its form. Sometimes, when you finish the poem and you think the poem is finished, the poem says, "You're not finished with me yet," and you have to go back and revise, and you may have another poem altogether. It has its own life to live.

Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence neither speed up nor slow down add to nor diminish it is an imponderably valuable gift.

We need language to tell us who we are, how we feel, what we're capable of- to explain the pains and glory of our existence.

Seek patience and passion in equal amounts. Patience alone will not build the temple. Passion alone will destroy its walls.

I refuse to allow any man-made differences to separate me from any other human beings.

Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.