Two months ago my mother died. She made, as the expression goes, a good death.

Brothers naturally invite comparison.

From the summer of my twelfth year I carry a series of images more vivid and lasting than any others of my boyhood and indelible beyond all attempts the years make to erase or fade them.

When night comes on in a room lit by kerosene, any flicker of the flame can give the sense that darkness is about to triumph.

A gust of wind doesn't suddenly bang a door open. A clock doesn't chime. The phone doesn't ring. Yet in the next instant the stillness breaks as if it is crystal.

With so much unknown in this life, how little it takes for a face, a grove of trees, an outcropping of stone to become familiar.

A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.

'Shake It Up' definitely teaches kids about the importance of reaching for your dreams and setting high goals. It also teaches great lessons about friendship and family.

As a rapper, I don't freestyle. I used to freestyle when I used to get drunk, and it didn't matter.

Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When we think of the sky, we tend to look up, but the sky actually begins at the earth.

Your friend is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.

When the elephant decides to walk through the village, all the dogs come out and bark.

It takes a lot of guts to stop measuring things that are measurable, and even more guts to create things that don't measure well by conventional means.

Puritans should wear fig leaves on their eyes.

Set the troops to their tasks without imparting your designs.

Dignity and love do not blend.