If I'm The People's Poet, Then I

We Write For The Same Reason That We Walk, Talk, Climb Mountains Or Swim The Oceans - Because We Can. We Have Some Impulse Within Us That Makes Us Want To Explain Ourselves To Other Human Beings.

We Need Much Less Than We Think We Need.

When Someone Shows You Who They Are, Believe Them The First Time.

If You Have, Give. If You Learn, Teach.

It Is A No-fail, Incontrovertible Reality: If You Get, Give. If You Learn, Teach. You Can't Do Anything With That Except Do It.