If I'm the people's poet, then I ought to be in people's hands - and, I hope, in their heart.

Had I known that the heart breaks slowly, dismantling itself into unrecognizable plots of misery... had I known yet I would have loved you, your brash and insolent beauty, your heavy comedic face and knowledge of sweet delights, but from a distance I would have left you whole and wholly for the delectation of those who wanted more and cared less.

There is a lot of ignorance, and I don't mean intellectual ignorance. I mean people think that if you get something, it will take away from what I have. It's just ignorance.

Love liberates. It doesn't just hold - that's ego. Love liberates. It doesn't bind.

We are loved by Love itself. There is nothing good that we can't do.

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.

Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright's pen, the mind of the actor, the roles we create, the artistry of life itself and the quest for peace.