The only proper mask to wear in life is your own damn face.

The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible

Words are to be taken seriously. I try to take seriously acts of language. Words set things in motion. I've seen them doing it. Words set up atmospheres, electrical fields, charges.

(M)aybe we too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something honest and worthy of respect . . . you know . . . like being people.

Revolution begins with the self, in the self.... We'd better take the time to fashion revolutionary selves, revolutionary lives, revolutionary relationships. Mouth don't win the war.

Writing is a legitimate way, an important way, to participate in the empowerment of the community that names me.

TAKE HEART TO FLAT OUT DECIDE TO BE WELL AND STRIDE INTO THE FUTURE, SANE AND WHOLE

The job of the writer is to make revolution irresistible.

When you dream, you dialogue with aspects of yourself that normally are not with you in the daytime and you discover that you know a great deal more than you thought you did.

Write a lot and hit the streets. A writer who doesn't keep up with what's out there ain't gonna be out there.

Writing is one of the ways I participate in transformation.

If there is one thing worse than self-pity, it was other people's pity.

Hug is a holy kiss.

Black holes collect problems faster than they collect matter.

And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.

The Universe is a dream dreamed by a single dreamer where all the dream characters dream too.

I layer my moisturizers, which makes my complexion so fresh, I can wear less foundation.

Where there are no women there are no good manners

It is only the TRUTH that can make a man FREE, it is only the TRUTH that can make a man LIVE.

Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.

I think perhaps I touch on a different passion in people. It’s not simple the passion of rock ‘n’ roll rebellion - it’s more romantic than sexual.