The ones we choose to love become our anchorwhen the hawser of the blood-tie's hacked, or frays.

Not becoming 'something' scares me the most. I just want to be remembered for something great.

Articulation is the tongue-tied's fighting.

I have always disliked the idea of an arts ghetto in which poetry is kept on a life-support system.

I used to be scared of the Candyman. You'd say his name three times in the mirror and then he'd come get you. I was terrified of that stuff becoming true. My older cousins used to say things to make us believe crazy stories like that, so I was scared of the Candymanuntil I knew better.

I don't really have one type favorite type of candy. When I was younger we used to always go to the rich neighborhoods where they give out the big candy bars, not the little fun-sized ones. We'd go back two and three times, hit them again and again. They didn't care and we loved it.

The ones we choose to love become our anchorwhen the hawser of the blood-tie's hacked, or frays.