One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single day a kid needs a break.

You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind.

Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?

Perfectionism means that you try not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being lived.

You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too.

For me and most of the other writers I know, writing is not rapturous. In fact, the only way I can get anything written at all is to write really, really shitty first drafts.

Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.

If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door.

A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way.

Bird by bird buddy. Just take it bird by bird.

I want people who write to crash or dive below the surface, where life is so cold and confusing and hard to see.Your anger and damage and grief are the way to the truth.

Your busyness cannot stop God's business to save his children.

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life is like a tree, when you feeling down the leaves fall off.

It's the sad thing about entertainment, it's not always about who is the best.

I don't eat much meat, fish, or poultry.

Seeing the show is like a visit to the fountain of youth for parents and the children.

A loose horse is any horse sensible enough to get rid of its rider at an early stage and carry on unencumbered.

Who do you think you are, Jane Eyre? Grow up. Be sensible. Don't get carried away.

Harlem is really a melting pot for a lot of different people.

I never try to force poems into a collection simply because they were written/published within a certain period of time. They will eventually find their perfect home.