Remember this: When you cross my doorstep, you have already been raised. With what you have learned...you know the difference between right and wrong. Do right. Don't anybody raise you from the way you have been raised. Know you will have to make adaptations, in love, in relationships, in friends, in society, in work, but don't let anybody change your mind.

Live as though life was created for you.

Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

I think all poems are commissioned. They just come to me without somebody outside commissioning them. The idea comes and I will live with them 'til I get it as close to what I mean. I've never been totally satisfied. I've come close a few times.

One of the wonderful things about Oprah: She teaches you to keep on stepping.

Life sometimes gives you a second chance.

Remember, people will judge you by your actions not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold but so does a hard-boiled egg.