I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry.

There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.

I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.

All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself.

A good poem is like a bouillon cube. It's concentrated and it nourishes you when you need it.

Courage has nothing to do with our determination to be great. It has to do with what we decide in that moment when we are called upon to be more.

Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit.

We should always do something that makes us feel like a child again. Keep learning, no matter what it is.

The library is an arena of possibility, opening both a window into the soul and a door onto the world.

I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned.

Sometimes a word is found so right it trembles at the slightest explanation.

I think a good role model has to be sexy. Real, empowered, self-possessed women are sexy. When you're really in control of your choices, your mood, your body, and your opinions, people find you sexy.

We share a huge visual memory bank, mostly through painting and other images in history. I think when a modern photograph taps into those, sometimes very subliminally, it makes people respond.

My wife can see always how a part affects me personally because she has to live with it.

And also, Sergio Leone was considered in Italy a director of category B, not a big director.

A mother is as different from anything else that God ever thought of, as can possibly be. She is a distinct and individual creation.

The biggest trouble with success is that its formula is just about the same as that for a nervous breakdown.

My very identities as a reader and a writer began at the Walt Whitman branch library.

I, of course, predicted attempt of Donald Trump impeachment back on November 22nd of 2016 year.

The only justification of rebellion is success.

Battles are not won by strength alone!