Where there is a will there is a way. And this must be the way not of compulsion but of cooperation... No government and no plan can succeed without it.

All things are accomplished by the meditative act of releasing illusions and simply becoming.

There is somethingmystically sadand beautifulabouthowi will neversee youagainbut meet youagain and againin poetry.

I've been so blessed to be part of a family that has dedicated its life to public service.

I either eat too much or starve myself. Sleep for 14 hours or have insomniac nights. Fall in love very hard or hate passionately. I don't know what grey is. I never did.

America is a country that would rather talk about race than class.

Let's all embrace someone near us. Pick someone special to you. Tell this someone how you feel.

Why are you doing this to yourself? When something bad happens, why do you have to pick at it until it bleeds all over again?

I am in charge. I take my own power back.

The history of a culture can be determined by its untranslatable words.

Get too conceptual, too cute and remote, and your characters die on the page.