We love because it's the only true adventure.

There is no such thing as writer's block. There is only not enough information. If you can't write, learn something.

I’ve not learned the acceptable way of saying you fascinate me...I’ve not even learned how to say I like you without frightening people away-

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

Violence is like money in the bank; it's only helpful if you don't have to use it.

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

I wish that she had had a black loon because I don't think that Nina [Simone] did. I have always had - I've been very fortunate - a group of little old ladies that I love and who love me, and who turned and to whom I turn at different times.