I think all poets must feel this: that there is constantly something new to be discovered in the language. It's like a thrilling encounter, and you can find things.

I like to use simple words, but in a complicated way.

Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings.

For me, poetry is the music of being human. And also a time machine by which we can travel to who we are and to who we will become.

You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what's in your heart.

Poetry, above all is a series of intense moments ­ its power is not in narrative. I'm not dealing with facts, I'm dealing with emotion.

I write quite a lot of sonnets, and I think of them almost as prayers: short and memorable, something you can recite.

Poetry and prayer are very similar.

It is a moon wrapped in brown paper.

Like the sand and the oyster, it's a creative irritant. In each poem, I'm trying to reveal a truth, so it can't have a fictional beginning.

When you have a child, your previous life seems like someone else's. It's like living in a house and suddenly finding a room you didn't know was there, full of treasure and light.

In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.

ABILITY TO TURN FAILURES INTO MEANINGFUL LIFE LESSONS IS WHAT MAKES A PERSON A TRUE ACHIEVER.

Let what is Soulfully shared this Christmas, remind you of all you have the power to achieve.

All human life is here, but the Holy Ghost seems to be somewhere else.

To get squares you have to give up squares.

The camera gave me an incredible freedom. It gave me the ability to parade through the world and look at people and things very, very closely.

When I die, don't come, I wouldn't want a leaf to turn away from the sun -- it loves it there. There's nothing so spiritual about being happy but you can't miss a day of it, because it doesn't last.

Liberty is a political firewall that limits the damage government can do to the individual.

Men leave women for other women. Women leave men for another way of life.

Never forget your dialogue with God, it is your strength.