Poetry can tell us about what's going on in our lives - not only our personal but our social and political lives.

Before you go further, let me tell you what a poem brings, first, you must know the secret, there is no poem to speak of, it is a way to attain a life without boundaries.

A poem is a flexible thing, and a poem is a poem.

We can understand poetry from a billion - in a billion styles, experiment, tradition, combination, spice, meter, image. It's all there for the poet and for the listener and for all of us.

If I can only be known as one thing, then, well, I guess it would be poet and performer and teacher.

First grade was - I spoke only Spanish, and second grade - probably a bit more English. And by the time I hit third grade, I was learning, of course, much, much more English.

Poetry is a call to action, and it also is action.

I gave my voice to poetry.

The banner of the project is 'Casa de Colores.' Under that banner, I'm going to invite people to do a lot of good things. Perhaps working in groups, working on poetry.

My mother was a washerwoman - or a woman that cleaned houses in Texas... in Plano, Texas - who always loved poetry and always loved stories.

The innocent must not suffer.

Education n: that which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

I have a big family and no one ever treated me like a child. They always treated me like an adult, like an equal.

Like most business people, I want every aspect of my business to be perfect. I know that this goal is unachievable, but it is nevertheless what I strive to achieve .

There's no app for a bourbon buzz on a warm day in a cool, dark bar. The world will always want a drink.

Experimenting with drugs, drinking, doing this just enough to be accepted as one of the crowd, but I hated drugs, and I hated the taste of alcohol!

I was never one of those people who thought, 'What I really want to do is direct.' It never occurred to me.

My father taught me to paint when I was young with watercolors and so I learned at a very young age the essential elements of the value of light and composition.

No one knows what he can do till he tries.

The playoffs are the wedge between the season and the World Series. If you lose, it means you won't be going to the greatest sports event in this country...You're forgotten by Thanksgiving.