The people who loved me when I was seven years old love my books, and the people who didn't like me when I was seven years old don't like my books.

You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just don't realize it.

it's way too early for him to be talking anyhow but I see in his eyes something and I see in his eyes a voice and I see in his eyes a whole new set of words

Okay, so maybe I'm romantic... but somebody is supposed to be romantic. Some warrior is supposed to go to war against the imperial forces of cynicism and irony. I am a sentimental soldier.

I look more Indian when I'm serious.

Spiritual matters should be private.

Poverty doesn’t give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance. No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor.