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.

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.

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

I gave my voice to 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.

Children aren't everything. There are other things in the world, thought I admit some people don't seem to suspect it.

Sometimes doing your best is not good enough. Sometimes you must do what is required.

All I ever wanted was to make my parents proud. What happens when I can't be proud of them?" --Shea Evenstar

I'm the kind of person who wants the people around me to be comfortable, to laugh, and to have a fabulous time - I want them to be as happy as I am.

In the midst of all the chaos swirling through your brain, all the disorganization and impulsiveness, the condition (ADHD) also seems to trigger a certain kind of creativity.

I think I believe a little bit in the power of people to really cast a bad energy on you if they want to. If the bad mojo wants to come your way, look out.

Whenever I work with anyone, it is an opportunity for them to become more professional and do something for someone else.

As high as mind stands above nature, so high does the state stand above physical life. Man must therefore venerate the state as a secular deity.

42% of college graduates never read a book after college.

.. . . would I were In Grantchester, in Grantchester!