I think poetry's always a kind of faith. It is the kind that I have.

I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it.

The act of making poetry is an act of hope.

A man's pursuit of knowledge is greater than his shortcomings, the limits of his vision.

What's left is palimpsest—one memory bleeding into another, overwriting it.

The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth.

What is love?/ One name for it is knowledge.

You can get there from here, though there's no going home. Everywhere you go will be somewhere you've never been. "Theories of Time and Space

When I was born here in Gulfport in 1966, my parents' interracial marriage was still illegal. And it was very hard to drive around town with my parents, to be out in public with my parents.

I don't like a kind of workshop that is about editing--I don't want to sit there and be an editor. I don't want to tell someone how to "fix" a poem.

the wages of empire is myopia

Progress' affects few. Only revolution can affect many.

Each person has a literature inside them.

I mean, I do believe that when you walk on the stage, or onto the screen, that's your character - not you. So it's an interesting challenge, an interesting line to walk.

It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true.

How do you press a wildflower into the pages of an e-book?

If an abduction is reported, it is dealt with in the same way as a kidnap.

Sport has the power to inspire and unite people. In Africa, soccer enjoys great popularity and has a particular place in the hearts of people.

We crash into each other just so we can feel something.

I love finding songs, going through them, tearing them apart, and seeing if I can find anything wrong with them.

My dogs are a priority and a big responsibility... but the payoffs are well worth it