Be the kind of grown up you needed as a child.

They say you can tell a lot about a country by the way it treats its prisoners…I believe the same can be said for how a country treats its children

An educator...a good one that is, inspires others to be even better than herself.

I work backwards with the ending in mind as I create art, stories, poems and books. Always in a process of becoming.

Most often it is in heartache that we love more boldly.

People say they walk on the shoulders of giants. True, but have you ever walked like one?

Be simple. Be direct. Be clear. Don't worry about being correct. Worry about being real.

Create something. Create something ugly. Create something beautiful.  I don't care what it is. Create it.

Start each day asking, "How do I want others to feel?" Then act accordingly. xo

Education is not filling up a box but seeing what you can create with one and don't you ever forget that!

A poem a day keeps the doctor away.

When you make yourself a better you, you inevitably make a better life for your family. That's the thing I'll always embrace and you should too. Better yourself. Enjoy your life.

I was in a convent for a year.

If after I read a poem the world looks like that poem for 24 hours or so I'm sure it's a good one—and the same goes for paintings.

A fan's love for an artist is so deep, I know I will go whatever depths it takes to learn about people that I'm in love with.

Forever be happy, never be content, and always know the difference.

You've got forever; and somehow you can't do much with it. You've got forever; and it's a mile wide and an inch deep and full of alligators.

What are truck rental companes and fertilizer salesman goign to do in response to the OK city bombing?

I'm not boring to be around. Something will always happen.

I feel the presence of God when I feel the essence of divinity in anything and everything around me.

Ethics is inescapable.