I made a list of things I have to remember and a list of things I want to forget, but I see they are the same list.

Poetry is not a code to be broken but a way of seeing with the eyes shut.

I am tired of the litany of months, September October I am tired of the way the seasons keep changing, mimicking the seasons of the flesh which are real and finite.

I have dreamed of our bed as if it were a shore where we would be washed up, not this striped mattress we must cover with sheets. [from "After an Absence"]

What we want is never simple.

Evil is simply a grammatical error: a failure to leap the precipice between "he" and "I.

Grief is a circular staircase.

I regret the way pain has taught me nothing.

Spring is the shortest season.

To be the other womanis to be a seasonthat is always about to end, when the air is floweredwith jasmine and peach, and the weather day after dayis flawless, and the forecastis hurricane.

The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.

Do you find this...distracting?

Telling the truth may cause a few seconds of pain, but there's no medicine that can manage the pain of keeping lies.

I never wanted to run a company.To me a business is a good vehicle for getting stuff done. Mark Zuckerberg in The Facebook Effect written by David Kirkpatrick

So, it's good to be here, wherever I am.

Those who are waiting for an epiphany to strike may wait forever. The artist simply goes to work, making art, both good and not so good.

We have this obsession with broken homes. Everyone wants to find a problem with it, but not me. I had great homes. Both my parents remarried and I got more people to learn from!

Dancing is an important function of music, but so is crying.

I don't put cream in any pasta noodles ever. I would use a little butter, but I don't ever use cream.

You don't leave people who can't defend themselves.