I can't tell you how excited I am to be a part of an organization that's committed to winning.

every day a million miracles begin at sunrise!

She’s a smart woman. I love that. Intelligence is a wonderful and powerful aphrodisiac. To me, it enhances beauty, makes an ordinary woman look like a movie star.

What you have to realize when you write poetry, or if you love poetry, is that poetry is just naturally the greatest god damn thing that ever was in the whole universe

The more I grew as a human being, the better I became at my craft.

early is on time, on time is late, and late is unacceptable!

a full moon is a flashlight so everyone can see your drama!

Its impossible to explain creativity. It's like asking a bird, 'How do you fly?' You just do.

I want you to hear a new version of Dueling Banjos. Anyone else is welcome.

intelligence is always intimidating to those who aren't!

A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.

People seem to see no difference between an intimate conversation and a conversation at the water cooler.

Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.

This is the moral challenge of our generation. Not only are the eyes of the world upon us. More important, succeeding generations depend on us. We cannot rob our children of their future.

When I am on the road and heading to my next venue, I think about my audience.

You go to Main Street, and Wal-Mart is coming to town and kicking out all the mom and pop stores. All the people that were in the mom and pop stores are now working for Wal-Mart.

No argument can persuade me to like oysters if I do not like them. In other words, the disturbing thing about matters of taste is that they are not communicable.

The test of civilization is the power of drawing the most benefit out of cities.

But remember please, the Law by which we live, we are not built to comprehend a lie, we can neither love nor pity nor forgive. If you make a slip in handling us you die.

People don't want you to be yourself, they just want you to be the person that they've decided you should be.

I love my work but do not know how I write it.