A person could be immensely happy reading only him or the writers he loved. But that would be too easy.

We're artists too, but we do a good job hiding it, don't we?

There is a time for reciting poems and a time for fists.

Write in the morning, revise in the afternoon, read at night, and spend the rest of your time exercising your diplomacy, stealth, and charm.

You can woo a girl with a poem, but you can't hold onto her with a poem. Not even with a poetry movement.

I started to think about the abyss that separates the poet from the reader and the next thing I knew I was deeply depressed.

For a while, Criticism travels side by side with the Work, then Criticism vanishes and it's the Readers who keep pace. The journey may be long or short.

Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.

How different would people act if they couldn't show off on social media? Would they still do it?

My husband has spent more time with our children than I have. I don't think they're better or worse off.

It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun.

I sit quietly and repeat my mantra until I'm in a meditative state, taking it all in but not focusing on any one thing.

What was important was trying to create something that families could watch together and enjoy together

Child-rearing can be a tedious and thankless undertaking.

I trained myself to perform on the field.

He, who loves praise, loves temptation.

If you have anything in your heart other than love, you've got to get it out.