You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can't imagine something that has never existed before, it's impossible.

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.

An artist is like a handicaphe needs his art to carry himself.

Once we learn the beautiful language of love, we may understand the language of everyone's heart

It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That's not what I'm about.

I think we're at a time where people just want to join together and cause change. People don't want to live like this any more.

I think just because life is hard, it does seem fun to have a break and laugh about things, so I think in the end, my instincts go there.

Indignation and determination are much more constructive emotions than shame and embarrassment. And feminism was this engine that turned one into the other.

I decided to take God and organized religion seriously, and to reject the secular life which in my teens had looked attractive because it allowed me to act in any way that I wanted.

If nominated, I shall run to Mexico. If elected, I shall fight extradition.

Winning the World Cup is the proudest moment of my life. ... I couldn't control my tears of joy.