If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level.

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 am a selfish, conceited, impudent little animal, it is true, but, after all, I am only one grand conglomeration of Wanting…

The stubby French painter Toulouse-Lautrec supposedly invented chocolate mousse - I find that rather hard to believe, but there you have it.

I've been a jazz artist playing pop and R&B my entire career.

Had I cared for the comments of people, I should never have been a missionary.

Professional footballers - those virile young stags of our modern culture - are near perpetual fountains of sputum.

We are each other's magnitude and bond.

I am in the pitiable situation of feeling all the force of temptation without having the strength to succumb to it.

Madness is surprisingly freeing.

A great pair of shoes can make a $20 outfit look like couture, and a poorly constructed pair of shoes can make couture look like a cheap knockoff.

Mitt Romney's email was hacked! So if you start getting messages that sound like they're from a bot, he's fixed the problem.