Because they are ignorant and their parents are ignorant. Because they don’t know any better.” Pastel Orphans

...I feel pity that she will never fully understand what it is to be loved and forgiven, then loved even more.” Pastel Orphans

It requires the feminine temperament to repeat the same thing three times with unabated zest.

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.

I do not believe having a baby is punishment.

For some reason, humans have this funny thing about where we came from - it always has far more emotional weight than where we are.

If things start happening, don't worry, don't stew, just go right along and you'll start happening too.

The easiest way to kill a cult is to make that cult accessible.

I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall

I really hope that when someone puts my record on that they hear me.

I tend to work in layers. There's a huge orchestra in the film, but I also record a lot things with very intimate groups, and I like to be able to use the textures of those intimate groups.

When I first started doing comedy, there was no such thing as a room that had black people and white people in it. That didn't exist.