Don’t let the daily routine kill your creativity. Remember who you were before you got that job.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

My mother was American, and my father was from the Caribbean, and there was a big open door into the world of humanity and music.

With health, everything is a source of pleasure; without it, nothing else, whatever it may be, is enjoyable...Healt h is by far the most important element in human happiness.

Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.

Every year, you try to be more consistent. It's a long year and it's tough to do. But those great players do find it. That's something that I try to do.?

If the facts are contrary to any predictions, then the hypothesis is wrong no matter how appealing.

On the holy boughs of the Celestial Tree High up in the heavenly fields, Beyond terrestrial desire My soul-bird a warm nest has built.

I do not know anything about luck, apart from that the more I practice, the luckier I get.

I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end.

I write poetry to figure things out. Any time I’m trying to wrap my head around something, poetry is like a puzzle-solving strategy for me.