I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry.

When we are touched by something it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's wings.

Equality and self-determination should never be divided in the name of religious or ideological fervor.

I change jobs like drinking water ... And as I grow accustomed to the new flavor of a drink I regard as delicious, yes, vital, something fades, life balks. So I break camp; I shed skins.

Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit.

I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you did as a child, then you put away childish things.

Crassly put: When I write, I am trying not to bore myself and my readers.