Once you know who you are, you don't have to worry anymore.

I hope that, reading 'Rosa,' people will remember their own family and friends and talk about what they did and did not do.

I appreciate my my sleep In sleep my conversation is witty My home is dusted My office work is up to date The dog is even well behaved And food is on the table on time But then when I'm asleep I don't have you to clutter and confuse My hungry heart

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

One stands, in fact, in awe of the Constitution of the United States, though it is an idea and not quite a reality.

Poetry is like air. It's one of the necessary things. Everyone benefits from poetry. And as you know, poetry is international. There are only two things that are truly international, poetry and wine.

I was responding to one thing for the woman I knew, and there's another thing for what did she give, right. She [Nina Simone] was a great teacher.