My main strength as a young writer was that I had no fear of making mistakes. I knew I would and I knew I could and would learn from them.

No one needs to teach you to be mean; we need to be taught to be kind.

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

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

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts because if you write with someone looking over you shoulder, you'll never write.

Just as nature abhors a vacuum, humans resist change. Change will occur; vacuums will be filled.

The more you love someone the more he wants from you and the less you have to give since you've already given him your love.