Learn as much as you can while you are young, since life becomes too busy later.

When you speak a new language you must see if you can translate all of the poetry of your old language into the new one.

I am a mother and mothers don’t have the luxury of falling apart in front of their children, even when they are afraid, even when their children are adults.

I sometimes wake in the early morning & listen to the soft breathing of my child & I think to myself, this is one thing I will never regret & I carry that quiet with me all day long.

Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. Sometimes it's based on history, on habits that come out of a time when kitchens were fueled by charcoal.

FKA Twigs is stunning. She has beautiful contemporary and unique sound with an almost psychedelic vibe. Her music is great for the runway.

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

Memories are less tangible than dreams.

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect.

I like Pirate's Booty. Prunes and olives, too. I love hummus. I can eat that until I die. I tend to eat mostly organic food.

There was too much hatred in the world; it was manifestly as dangerous as gunpowder, yet people let it lie about, in the way of ignition.

The ballot box is a most inadequate mechanism of change.