It is never what a poem says that matters, but what it is.

No matter how small you start, always dream big.

We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth - not most days, but every day.

I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police.

After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.

When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.

Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.

I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous.

Home Economics stands for the ideal home life for today unhampered by the traditions of the past and the utilization of all the resources of modern science to improve home life.

I've been tested by fire, and the fire lost.

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

If you write without reading, you will certainly have too many books without readers.

I was born on Delaware Street. We have never desired another home.

What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage.

Collecting has been my great extravagance. It's a way of being. I collect for the same reason that I eat too much-I'm one of nature's shoppers.

Age to women is like Kryptonite to Superman.

I do think that one needs to have respect for people who are older. And I really do love the idea that one can respect generations.

I've decided that perhaps I'm bulimic and just keep forgetting to purge.

Become aware that you already possess all the inner wisdom, strength, and creativity needed to make your dreams come true.

I feel like every great record is like a world in itself.