I would put books on par with chocolate, because a good book is delicious.

Art offers sanctuary to everyone willing to open their Hearts as well as their Eyes.

Don't want to be near you for the thoughts we share but the words we never have to speak.

We obviously need the truth. We're living in a country of lies.

I do not understand why any poet or writer would run for office; that's a different sense of who you are. I'm just a poet. I am as truthful as I can be. That makes me an artist. I heed the people; I do not lead the people.

I’ve not learned the acceptable way of saying you fascinate me...I’ve not even learned how to say I like you without frightening people away-

Nothing improves your writing, I think, as much as your keeping writing.