There's racism and sexism and ageism and all sorts of idiocies. But bad news is not news. We've had bad news as a species for a long time. We've had slavery and human sacrifice and the holocaust and brutalities of such measure.

When I write, I tend to twist my hair. Something for my small mind to do, I guess.

When women take care of their health they become their own best friend.

I’ve got a magic charm That I keep up my sleeve, I can walk the ocean floor And never have to breathe.

Depending on who I am talking about or who's talking through me - if the person is a kind of hip-hop, or rhythm and blues person, or if the person is a kind of old-fashion gothic, meaning gothic attitude, then that will determine what form the poem will take.

I might have it at six-fifteen a.m. just as soon as I get in, but usually it's about eleven o'clock when I'll have a glass of sherry.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.