In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process of revision I discover things

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.

Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.

I have no attention span. I get bored so fast.

Smiling, sincere, incorruptible - His body disciplined and limber. A man who had become what he could, And was what he was- Ready at any moment to gather everything Into one simple sacrifice.

Okay then. The destiny didn't work with the Chosen One. So I'll do it instead.

Challenges arise to make us aware of our inner purpose.

When he went through the kitchen he kissed Rebeca on the forehead. "Get those bad thoughts out of your head," he told her. "You're going to be happy.

The girl in me wanted to slap Lung across his face and yell, "Get your eyes off my sticky buns, ya creep!

I get paid to not laugh.

The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.

A narrow vision is divisive, a broad vision expansive. But a divine vision is all-inclusive.