You should have a certain way of dressing based on how you feel. It's appropriate for you. I think Robert Rabensteiner's a perfect example of that - he just always looks so chic.

Sometimes all it takes to stop traffic is for that right pair of red pumps.

Poetry empowers the simplest of lives to confront the most extreme sorrows with courage, and motivates the mightiest of offices to humbly heed lessons in compassion.

We call this a sweet life

If you're a fan of my work and I'm a fan of your work, it just seems logical for us to work on something together.

And if I have my choice between a pennant and a triple crown, I'll take the pennant every time.

I read a lot of lot non-demanding fiction.

The obscurest sayings of the truly great are often those which contain the germ of the profoundest and most useful truths.

Never let anyone tell you how to live your life.

One of the things I'd learned ... was how to take a compliment. Just say, "Thank you." It's the only response a confident person can make.

I believe the world is beautiful, and poetry, like bread, is for everyone.