Women been gittin' pregnant ever since Eve ate that apple.

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

I'm here, and I do my best to be completely centered at the place I'm at, then I go forward to the next place.

Each of us has a responsibility for being alive: one responsibility to creation, of which we are a part, another to the creator a debt we repay by trying to extend our areas of comprehension.

I try to live what I consider a "poetic existence." That means I take responsibility for the air I breathe and the space I take up. I try to be immediate, to be totally present for all my work.

I also wear a hat or a very tightly pulled head tie when I write. I suppose I hope by doing that I will keep my brains from seeping out of my scalp and running in great gray blobs down my neck, into my ears, and over my face.

There's something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.