I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel.

You've got to learn to leave the table When love's no longer being served".

I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.

What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.

You can't help it. An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.

Life is short. People are not easy to know. They're not easy to know, so if you don't tell them how you feel, you're not going to get anywhere, I feel.

You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.

Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not like you.

How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls of people who are unable to express it

There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.

Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking.

With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable

Learn to work on your work.

Special Super Bowl Wisdom of the Ages: "Unger Games" If your meals depend on you beating the Seahawks, you're gonna go "'Unger-y.

My soul today Is far away Sailing the Vesuvian Bay.

In New York, unlike Holland, there are newspaper stands on every corner. That was a big headline all over the city.

It's amazing what you can see when you just sit quietly and look.

You do it a day at a time. You write as well as you can, you put it in the mail, you leave it under submission, you never leave it at home.

Written words still have the amazing power to bring out the best and worst of human nature

I was not chosen to be president to restore capitalism to Cuba. I was elected to defend, maintain and continue to perfect socialism, not destroy it.

If today were my last day, would I do what I'm doing?...If the answer was 'No' too many days in a row, I'd make a change.