Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.

No poem is easily grasped so why should any reader expect fast results?

An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry very exciting, unstable, and interactive.

Body is a home, a prison and a grave.

In every dream, there lays a cost to be paid. The potency and relevance of your ideas will determine the cost to be paid!

Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you don’t, who will?

Hard work is the formula for success.

I think that in the colonial imaginary of the average Mexican, in how it drives us, the economic dependence on the US, and in some cases cultural dependence, is quite palpable, very strong.

Humility is a quality for which I have only a limited admiration. In many phases of life it is a great mistake and degenerates into defensiveness or hypocrisy.

You can't marginalize more than half of the globe's population and expect to see any meaningful solutions to the problems that ail the world.

Whenever I go to a new city, in order to help get on the right time zone and actually get a chance to see that city, I like running.

That is the simple secret. Always take your heart to work.

Silence is also conversation.