I ain't interested in the truth. I'm interested in the way things should be.

Certainly I'm angry at the way Indians have been treated and continue to be treated. But I don't think it's a helpless emotion.

I'm a poet who can whine in meter

When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing.

A lot of people have no idea that right now Y.A. (young adult). is the Garden of Eden of literature.

Because I'm an American, I know there's all sorts of international folks who would gladly kidnap and behead me.

I'll quit eating meat when you get a cow out here to beat me at a poetry slam. Only so many words rhyme with 'Mooo.' I mean, yes, we're supposed to be better stewards; yes, we're supposed to take care of the earth; yes, we're supposed to honor the sacrifices made by the animals; yes yes yes yes yes, but dammit, we're in charge, and you know why? It's because of these [holding out thumbs]...Maybe you think that carrots are less important than cows. I think they're equal, especially in a sauce.