We are here to add to the sum of human goodness. To prove the thing exists.

Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.

A concealed truth, that's all a lie is. Either by omission or commission we never do more than obscure. The truth stays in the undergrowth, waiting to be discovered.

Poetry has never let me down. Without poetry, I would have found life less comprehensible, less bearable and infinitely less enjoyable.

There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outline all our lives.

Memory is never pure. And recollection is always coloured by the life lived since

That is my story, simply told. Please do not ask again. I have told you in order to issue a warning. I have been damaged. Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.

Poetry contains almost all you need to know about life.

All damaged people are dangerous. Survival makes them so.' 'Why?' 'Because they have no pity. They know what others can survive, as they did.

Those who do not have imaginary conversations do not love.

To appear unambitious amongst the ambitious is to invite loathing or fear. To be in the game, but not playing with intent to win, is to be the enemy.

How unladylike of you to mention such a thing.

One of my good friends said, in a reggae riddim, don't jump in the water if you can't swim.

My elementary school days were miserable. After Star Search, the jealousy got really bad that our neighbors slashed our tires.

Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.

I don't believe Spiro Agnew is a crook. If he was a crook, he'd still be in office.

We can always find creative ways to do things.

Are you alone?" So that's what this call was about. For some reason, the question made my throat tighten. "No," I said, "Elvis is here. Would you like to talk to him?

When someone is full of Love and Compassion, he cannot draw a line between two countries, two faiths or two religions.

It has been my experience that the people I judge most harshly are the ones in whom I recognize some part of myself.

It's surprising how soon you can get used to having money. It's much easier than getting used to not having it.