All systems require myths for their longevity.

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.

The only advice [for new writers and poets] I can offer is to be yourself: not the self someone else wants you to be, but the self you are. Enjoy yourself and your life. But most of all travel and eat. That's how we learn.

[My] Books are like puppies and children: you love each one for different reasons. I don't actually have a favorite because, if I were honest, I'm always more excited about what is coming.

She knows who she is, because she knows who she isn't.

I am a huge fan of the Black woman. I never hesitate to recommend her when times are bad or things go wrong.

If everybody became a poet the world would be much better. We would all read to each other.