Art can sometimes be separate from the artist.

I couldn't write about love without writing about hate - specifically, how the experience of hatred embeds itself in the body and prevents love from entering or leaving.

I have been and continue to be committed to art as a tool to ignite, comfort, and discomfort.

Now is not the time for Canadians to be sanctimonious. It is time for us to be prudent and active.

Children's books have great potential to reveal new possibilities to readers, because the intended audience is at an age of genuine learning.

In poetry, I didn't have to provide resolution. I could ask hard questions without feeling responsible for the answers.

As a person of color, I know race can't be stripped from admiration or preference.

I have dedicated a significant portion of my time and artistry to making art that addresses various forms of oppression, including white supremacy, misogyny, and biphobia.

I do use art as a site of protest, particularly in relation to dominant narratives.

I feel like I have had to catch up to the art I've made, and learn from the protagonists I have written, especially in relation to gender.

It's exciting to consider how art, in its ability to reveal, can be ahead of the artist.

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.

Your eyes should never be lent to the devil

I have been both a ghost and haunted in the city I love.

The giving hand is considered powerful

Informed clients are better clients, and they make for better design.

I long for nothing more earnestly than to serve God with all my might.

If you play it safe, middle of the road with all the right notes, you might win. If you are unique and have too much personality, you might easily score a '0' in competition.

A good idea for lyrics and a melody to expand on.

This is a people shooting hat," I said. "I shoot people in this hat.