I appreciate my my sleep In sleep my conversation is witty My home is dusted My office work is up to date The dog is even well behaved And food is on the table on time But then when I'm asleep I don't have you to clutter and confuse My hungry heart

I'm an old storyteller. I tell the story. It's about the story.

A lot is yet to be enjoyed. I'd like to stomp grapes for wine. Go to Antarctica. Have dinner with Venus Williams who is the greatest tennis player ever.

We are all either wheels or connectors. Whichever we are we must find truth and balance, which is a bicycle. Trust and balance are also essential to true love.

I hope that, reading 'Rosa,' people will remember their own family and friends and talk about what they did and did not do.

War is not a jobs program.

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