I think poetry can help children deal with the other subjects on the curriculum by enabling them to see a subject in a new way.

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.

If you didn't grow up like I did then you don't know, and if you don't know it's probably better you don't judge.

Listen to me: die after me, all right? I don't care what else you do, where you go, how you screw up your life, just... survive. Outlive me, please.

Whatever beliefs and definitions you hold will seem to be true.

So, it's cool that, yes, Hal Jordan is a superhero, but my character is a real-world hero in her own life.

My intent for EPs - and, really, my philosophy on my music - is that every single song has to be worth it.

I tried to make the Olympics team in 1956

When I was younger, playing piano and guitar were all things that I wanted to do for a short period of time, like any kid.

In God We Trust. I don't believe it would sound any better if it were true.

Justice is justly represented blind, because she sees no difference in the parties concerned. She has but one scale and weight, for rich and poor, great and small.

Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.