When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author.

I learned how to stop crying. I learned how to hide inside of myself. I learned how to be somebody else. I learned how to be cold and numb.

The cello looks like a woman to me. And, you know, the curves. And so I am in a way, and it's funny to admit this, I am sexually attracted to the cello, the curves really get me. So as I watched him play, you know, Yo Yo Ma is sort of making love to a beautiful woman.

If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time.

If one reads enough books, one has a fighting chance.

Is God a man or a woman? God could be an armadillo. I have no idea.

The world is divided by two different tribes. The people who are assholes and the people who are not.