I Try To Impress Upon My Students

I Am A Huge Fan Of The Black Woman. I Never Hesitate To Recommend Her When Times Are Bad Or Things Go Wrong.

We All Have Our Muses. My Grandmother And My Mother Are The People I Write For. I'll Never Have To Worry About Who Buys My Work, Or Who Likes It, And Who Doesn't. The People Who I Want To Be Proud Of Me Already Are.

If Everybody Became A Poet The World Would Be Much Better. We Would All Read To Each Other.

Rage Is To Writers What Water Is To Fish.

I Think Life Is Cotton Candy On A Rainy Day. For Those Who Grew Up With Cotton Candy The Old-fashioned Way, It Is Very Delicate. Pre-made Cotton Candy That Has Preservatives Is Not Nearly As Good Or True. True Cotton Candy Is Sugar, Color, And Air And It Melts Very Quickly. That Was The Metaphor - It Can't Be Preserved, It Can't Be Put Aside, It Can't Be Banked. It Has To Be Experienced, Like Life.