A Writer Must Say Yes To Life.

Women Need Space And Silence. We Too Quickly Give Away Our Energy. There's Something About Holding That Richness.

Never Underestimate People. They Do Desire The Cut Of Truth.

Poems Are Taught As Though The Poet Has Put A Secret Key In His Words And It Is The Reader's Job To Find It. Poems Are Not Mystery Novels.

In The Past Few Years I've Assigned Books To Be Read Before A Student Attends One Of My Weeklong Seminars. I Have Been Astonished By How Few People -- People Who Supposedly Want To Write -- Read Books, And If They Read Them, How Little They Examine Them.

Creativity Is No Big Deal.