Facts are only tools to gain control over yourself and other people.

Schools should be integrated by race and by class.

In law school they teach you that everything is a contract; well, in poetry everything is a narrative.

I am honest; I try to be truthful. I like people and wish us well. We are not always deserving of our own best wishes.

Educational progress is a national concern; education is a private one.

If i can't have what i want . . . then my job is to want what i've got and be satisfied that at least there is something more to want

I am a big fan of the electronic book. I hate to see the old bookstores close, but they have to reinvent themselves. I believe the First Edition bookstore will be the next thing. People will read electronically, then decide they want to own that book. The author will then be invited to the old bookstores to sign. I think books will always be with us, but they will fill a different need.