[To become a poet] The most important thing is to pay attention. The next would probably be to read; it's so important to pay attention. It keeps you from being bored, and I might add it keeps you from being boorish.

I am ever fascinated by the human experience and by, actually, human beings.

[To become a poet] The most important thing is to pay attention. The next would probably be to read; it's so important to pay attention. It keeps you from being bored, and I might add it keeps you from being boorish.

I am so hip even my errors are correct

Black love is Black wealth and they'll probably talk about my hard childhood and never understand that all the while I was quite happy

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.

You're only as good as your last book.