I Was Pirouette And Flourish, I Was

We Should Always Do Something That Makes Us Feel Like A Child Again. Keep Learning, No Matter What It Is.

If Our Children Are Unable To Voice What They Mean, No One Will Know How They Feel. If They Can’t Imagine A Different World, They Are Stumbling Through A Darkness Made All The More Sinister By Its Lack Of Reference Points. For A Young Person Growing Up In America’s Alienated Neighborhoods, There Can Be No Greater Empowerment Than To Dare To Speak From The Heart — And Then To Discover That One Is Not Alone In Ones Feelings.

If We Really Want To Be Full And Generous In Spirit, We Have No Choice But To Trust At Some Level.

I Didn't Know Writers Could Be Real Live People, Because I Never Knew Any Writers.

I Have A High Guilt Quotient. A Poem Can Go Through As Many As 50 Or 60 Drafts. It Can Take From A Day To Two Years - Or Longer.