The trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans. I say, the trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans.

Fanatics are, for one thing, boring and, for another, unreliable. They tend to burn out just when you need them.

Poetry is the most informative of all of the arts because everything comes down to poetry. No matter what it is we are describing, ultimately we use either a metaphor; or we say "that's poetry in motion." You drink a glass of wine and say, "that's poetry in a bottle." Everything is poetry, so I think we come down to emotional information. And that's what poetry conveys.

I like what they're doing. I think they're doing a good job, and I know that a lot of people are upset by them. These are great young men and women, and they're bold, and they are saying to America, "Something's going to change." I'm very proud of them.

Who I really am keeps surprising me.

Life is a marvelous, transitory adventure.

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.