One play can change your momentum forever.

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

We can all learn from every text. Reading the work that disgusts you can only strengthen your core beliefs. I could teach a semester-long course based only on reading the local telephone book. All stories can be taught in valuable ways.

I realized that I might be a lonely Indian boy, but I was not alone in the loneliness. There were millions of other Americans who had left their birthplaces in search of a dream. (217)

Do you know why the Indian rain dances always worked? Because the Indians would keep dancing until it rained.

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

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