Poetry is the work of the bard and of the people who inspire him.
Anybody who puts a book into someone else's hands inspires me - teachers, librarians, booksellers, parents.
There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.
When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another.
Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.
A typical day for me is I get up at 6:00, the coffeemaker goes on automatically and the computer gets turned on. I pour a cup of coffee, listen to Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac, and then I write.
It is truly excellent to have someone believe in you and your ability to write. But I think it is just as helpful to have people who don't believe in you, people who mock you, people who doubt you, people who enrage you. Fortunately, there is never a shortage of this type of person in the world. . . write for yourself. Write for the story. And write, also, for all of the people who doubt you. Write for all those people who are not brave enough to do this grand and wondrous thing themselves. Let them motivate you.
You can knock down kingdoms on a whim. What you need is someone to make sure you don't get hit by a carriage when you cross the street.
We all have different relationships with music. But the music is always there.
You don't normally think of Los Angeles as a place to go to get away.
The Alexander Technique has helped me to undo knots, unblock energy and deal with almost paralysing stage fright