When I was young, I was older than I am today.

There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.

I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.

All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself.

A good poem is like a bouillon cube. It's concentrated and it nourishes you when you need it.

Courage has nothing to do with our determination to be great. It has to do with what we decide in that moment when we are called upon to be more.

Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit.

We should always do something that makes us feel like a child again. Keep learning, no matter what it is.

The library is an arena of possibility, opening both a window into the soul and a door onto the world.

I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned.

Sometimes a word is found so right it trembles at the slightest explanation.

One of the most important jobs of the youth is to make the elderly happy.

He was learning to curse his newly acquired status as resident genius.

Outside the street's on fire in a real death waltz between what's flesh and what's fantasy.

We all wanted babies - but did any of us want children?

What's brown and sounds like a bell? DUNG!

Fear is really powerful; it's really useful to me.

It's important for us to fight for certain changes that need to happen. And one of those issues that I really care about is education. But also another one is incarceration.

Congratulations, Congress! 77% disapproval rating! You may be about to become the English language's most offensive C-word.

Stop thinking you have to go to big industry to have a big life, because it's not the truth.

I have exes Im friends with and exes Im not friends with. It depends on what you decide together. I do think that sometimes trying to maintain that bond can be healthier than walking away.