...I write to keep in contact with our ancestors and to spread truth to people.

The joy of poetry is that it will wait for you. Novels don't wait for you. Characters change. But poetry will wait. I think it's the greatest art.

Come windless invader I am a carnival of Stars, a poem of blood.

Art... reacts to or reflects the culture it springs from.

I probably have not killed anyone in America because I write, I've maintained good controls over myself by writing.

I cannot tell the truth about anything unless I confess being a student, growing and learning something new every day. The more I learn, the clearer my view of the world becomes.

... in order to be a true revolutionary, you must understand love. Love, sacrifice, and death.