I've heard it said that the most dangerous animal on the planet is the adolescent male.
We call it "Nature"; only reluctantly admitting ourselves to be "Nature" too.
You have come to the shore. There are no instructions.
Both art and faith are dependent on imagination; both are ventures into the unknown.
I'm not very good at praying, but what I experience when I'm writing a poem is close to prayer.
Nothing we do has the quickness, the sureness, the deep intelligence living at peace would have.
Grief is a hole you walk around in the daytime and at night you fall into it.
Out of nowhere she tells me that Oliver Stone - you know, the director - she's like, 'He has this huge Asian fetish, and I find it totally offensive. ' And I'm like, 'Why, Kwan? That sounds awesome. ' She's like, 'I'm offended because I'm Asian. ' And I was just like, 'Well, I'm sorry, but I didn't even notice that. I thought you were just really tired.
Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.
There are some people that you cannot change, you must either swallow them whole or leave them alone.
Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.