The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.

It's so tedious writing cookbooks or writing the recipes because I've never been much of a measurer. But to write a book, you have to measure everything.

I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.

I believe that quality level is determined primarily by the actual design of the product itself, not by quality control in the production process.

Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.

It may in fact be utterly impossible to be successful without helping others to become successful.

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.