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

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts.

I am totally fascinated by people and our history as I understand and continue to explore it. People have so much to give and so far to go and yet we have given and gone a great distance. It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me.

War is not a jobs program.

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

Mistakes are a fact of life. If you are willing to be wrong then you have earned the right to be right.

The trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans. I say, the trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans.