My reading is extremely eclectic. Lately I've been teaching myself computer graphics, so I'm reading a lot about that. I read books of trivia, of facts.

In masks and gown we haunt the street And knock on doors for trick or treat Tonight we are the king and queen, For oh tonight it's Halloween!

A poet is not something you become; a poet is something you are.

Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect.

She comes by night, in fearsome flight, in garments black as pitch, the queen of doom upon her broom, the wild and wicked witch.

We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.

I'm mostly influenced by life, what's around me, and my own childhood.

Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.

Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading.

Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.

I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what.

Some books are so familiar, reading them is like being home again.

...If I were to feed strangers my information, they wouldn't have enough time to expose themselves to the world.

To Howard Goodkin, for the immense work he did in his short life so Hispanic children can stand tall and proud.

Both of my parents have been actors there were a lot of show tunes on in the car all of the time. I grew up with that.

Every doctor will allow a colleague to decimate a whole countryside sooner than violate the bond of professional etiquette by giving him away.

We have to keep our eye on inflation, but so far inflation remains reasonably in check on the global stage.

the hope that there she would manage to regain her happiness made her fearless

I am proof that the American dream still exists.

How can you make a revolution without executions?