Writing for young readers is almost like dipping into a fountain of youth; for hours a day, I am a child again.

If you think that you are less than them, can you blame them for thinking they are better?

Modern poets mix too much water with their ink.

I don't think the space station is innovative. Going to the moon was innovative because we had no idea how to do it.

Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.

Julian once wrote that coincidences are the scars of fate. There are no coincidences, Daniel. We are puppets of our subconscious desires.

I'm not interested in the texture of a rock, but in its shadow.

I think that in terms of the American interests, I would feel more safe with a President Trump representing those interests to the world.

The music industry has been hijacked by corporate interests, but the way music affects people and resonates with them hasn't changed.

Without patience and the skill of a craftsman, even the greatest talent is wasted.

And we've got to ask ourselves some very serious questions as to whether or not certain religious leaders, in terms of raising money - I hate to bring this up - are pushing hot buttons.

According to deontology it is wrong to kill an innocent human being, period.