But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of his verse, the poet walks gagged through his own biography.

We are most alive when we're in love.

Life is a nacho. It can be yummy-crunchy or squishy-yucky. It just depends on how long it takes for you to start eating it.

Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.

You cannot help but learn more as take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is and old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.

The scissors cut the long-grown hair; The razor scrapes the remnant fuzz. Small-jawed, weak-chinned, big-eyed, I stare At the forgotten boy I was.

It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.

Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.

So much love, too much love, it is our madness, it is rotting us out, exploding us like dandelion polls.

First and foremost, I am me. I'm real. I don't write to impress. I write to express.

I love libraries. Everybody there is serious and focused even if they are not absorbing or learning anything better

Faith is the sight of the inward eye.

By far, the best moment of my big league career was when I caught the last out at the World Series.

Every election I have to hold my nose to vote.

The curious thing about individuals is that their singularity always goes beyond any category or generalization in the book.

Eighteen years since the Chernobyl disaster. Is it just me surprized? Still no superheroes!

Creativity is not merely about cute pictures drawn by kindergartners. It is about the ability to create new enterprises, organizations, and institutions that fundamentally change society.

Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

EVERYTHING in your life you have attracted .. accept that fact .. it's true.