Libraries...house our dreams.

There is no such thing as writer's block. There is only not enough information. If you can't write, learn something.

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

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.

Poetry is the most informative of all of the arts because everything comes down to poetry. No matter what it is we are describing, ultimately we use either a metaphor; or we say "that's poetry in motion." You drink a glass of wine and say, "that's poetry in a bottle." Everything is poetry, so I think we come down to emotional information. And that's what poetry conveys.

We must invest in tomorrow. And pay our teachers for teaching as we pay our coaches for coaching.

We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend to cry, and we are sad enough to know that we must laugh again.