And I cried… for all of the women who stretched their bodies for civilizations, only to find ruins.

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

So much of growing up is an unbearable waiting. A constant longing for another time. Another season.

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.

Zora Neale Hurston said fear is the greatest emotion and I said, 'No my dear sister.' Fear will make us move to save our own skins. Love also makes us save ourselves, but it will make us move to save others as well.

What is the beauty of the haiku is that it is not simplistic. The beauty of the haiku I just said is very complex. It reaches all the complexities of our life on this Earth. Peace - that's a very complex idea, peace, so we can't get it as human beings.

I shall become, I shall become a collector of me. And put meat on my soul.