The stars know everything, So we try to read their minds. As distant as they are, We choose to whisper in their presence.

Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all others were making ships.

The highest levels of consciousness are wordless.

He who cannot howl will not find his pack.

The world is beautiful but not sayable. That's why we need art.

The secret wish of poetry is to stop time.

Insomnia is an all-night travel agency with posters advertising faraway places.

When people ask me how to find happiness in life I tell them, First learn how to cook.

Poetry: three mismatched shoes at the entrance of a dark alley.

If I believe in anything, it is in the dark night of the soul. Awe is my religion, and mystery is its church.

One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other.

Life is a daring sacred existence.

Take risks, who knows, you may be the next winner.

I have a love-hate relationship with the Grammys because I don't see the music world as a competitive sport.

As men are killed by fighting, the truth is lost in disputing.

Whether you and I and a few others will renew the world some day remains to be seen. But within ourselves we must renew it each day.

But there is something to the fact that we don't see games on the West Coast, or we don't see games on the East Coast, and stuff like that. It's so unfair, because there is a bias that takes place.

I'm a sexual assault survivor. I have long felt like Bill Cosby needed to be held accountable. But I keep wondering if this is a system that can bring that accountability.

What I like about being alone is being able to do whatever you want and it's for yourself.

Stories in families are colossally important. Every family has stories: some funny, some proud, some embarrassing, some shameful. Knowing them is proof of belonging to the family.

But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet.