Poems don't have to rhyme... Poems are about beauty and emotion; in other words poems are about feelings.

I spend a lot of time learning about bird watching.

White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus.

Ever been kidnapped by a poet if i were a poet i'd kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter.

Photographers direct the eye toward a particular object. We who write, one hopes, are directing the heart and the soul.

I think it's the strength of her music, using art to make a statement. I think it really is. It was not a cheap gift. The gift was an expensive gift for Nina [Simone]. Diamonds are expensive. Her music was expensive. She paid for it, but I think it's her greatest gift.

Follow your image as far as you can no matter how useless you think it is. Push yourself.