White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus.

Photographers direct the eye toward a particular object. We who write, one hopes, are directing the heart and the soul.

Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.

Young people coming up who are having difficulty with their so-called celebrity need to get back into their lives. It's your life and you can't let the fact that you do something pretty good take away the joy of it.

Daddy says the world is a drum tight and hard and I told him I'm gonna beat out my own rhythm.

Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together.

Favorite poems are like favorite children. We definitely have them but we never tell as the others would have their feelings hurt.