Everything I do is kind of a lesson, even if I am the only person who learns it.

Great teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they be expected to.

I implore you, I entreat you and I challenge you to speak with conviction. To say what you believe in a manner that bespeaks the determination with which you believe it. Because contrary to the wisdom of the bumper sticker, it is not enough these days to simply question authority—you've got to speak with it too.

Everything I do is kind of a lesson, even if I am the only person who learns it.

Who can teach when there are such lessons to be learned

A poem is the perfect place to celebrate imperfection and exult in the ways you fall short of being the person you want to be.

I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking, which is, if you ask for it, then I have to let you have it.