"That's what you want to do? Then nothing beats a trial but a failure. Give it everything you've got. I've told you many times, 'Cant do is like Dont Care.' Neither of them have a home."
"Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake."
"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style."
"If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love."
"Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life."
"It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable."