Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.

In masks and gown we haunt the street And knock on doors for trick or treat Tonight we are the king and queen, For oh tonight it's Halloween!

My reading is extremely eclectic. Lately I've been teaching myself computer graphics, so I'm reading a lot about that. I read books of trivia, of facts.

A poet is not something you become; a poet is something you are.

Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect.

She comes by night, in fearsome flight, in garments black as pitch, the queen of doom upon her broom, the wild and wicked witch.

We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.

I'm mostly influenced by life, what's around me, and my own childhood.

Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.

Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading.

I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what.

The journey is greater than the destination.

When I turned 40 I thought, 'I have to really make sure I have time to myself,' because it's very overwhelming to be taking care of so many people.

To the memory of the Man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.

We must care. We must all care. And while I am working, while the governments is working, so must the people also work.

The financing of my films has always been international.

Class is entirely intangible, and the way it affects things isn't subject to scientific analysis, and it's not supposed to be real but it's pervasive and powerful. See; just like magic.

The gospel of Christ must always be an open door with a welcome sign for all.

Only the minute and the future are interesting in fashion.

Success Corrupts and Limits Potential as Soon as You Start to Think You Could Do It Alone.

Don't make a hasty movement. Be like a mountain. Move silently and cautiously.