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

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

What I'm trying to do is to tell young people that I teach them how to breathe before I teach the haiku. That one breath, that one breath, because the haiku keeps you alive. It keeps you going. If you learn how to breath the haiku, you learn how to breathe. If you learn how to breathe, you're much healthier.

All poets, all writers are political. They either maintain the status quo, or they say, 'Something's wrong, let's change it for the better.'

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

You can't have relationships with other people until you give birth to yourself.

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