the thing you are mostafraid to writewrite that-- advice to young writers

the worstthing that ever happenedtothe worldwasthe white man coming across gun powder.–– the end of the world | the beginning of white supremacy

as a childthere was eitherbooksorpain.i chose books.-how i became a writer

i am a woman and a poem. – visceral

there is no healthier drug than creativity.

he was so beautiful because when he held her he was not concerned with ‘being a man.’ ‘being a man’ had nothing to do with this. these flowers pouring from his chest. – weightless

there is you and you.this is a relationship.this is the most important relationship.

healingbeginsthe momentyouwant it to

we are houses eaten by rivers because we do not know their smell.

the rain in this room is low and thickand undressing my heart through the air. – intimacy

If I have only one coin left in the world, I will buy a rose to propose to you.

I am roots in the earth. I am water that flows. I am grounded. I am Watcher.

How could he encapsulate in a pithy admissions-interview line all of his unique ideas and interests?

You could grow up in the city where history was made and still miss it all.

Satan is willing to have us worship anything, however sacred - the Bible, the crucifix, the church - if only we do not worship God Himself.

One of the sad realities of being a parent is that the same stuff you know is exciting, educational, and enriching in your child'slife is often messy, smelly and exhausting to deal with.

Character actors are becoming a thing of the past. They're just going by the wayside. They're just cutting through that caliber of acting.

I made all my generals out of mud.

The subconscious is ahead of the conscious, and we never know what really drives us.

All animals are to be found in men and each of theme exists in some man, sometimes several at the time.