Poetry Gave Me Back My Voice.

In The 16th Century, [niccolò] Machiavelli - In An Attempt To Get Back In The Good Graces Of The Powerful - Wrote A Slim Volume Called The Prince. In That Book He Showed The Powers That Be How To Control The People. That Book Is A Statement: Separate And Rule, Divide And Conquer. That's Five Hundred Years Ago And It Still Works, Because We Allow Ourselves To Be Lead Around With Holes Through Our Noses.

If I'm The People's Poet, Then I Ought To Be In People's Hands - And, I Hope, In Their Heart.

The Real Difficulty Is To Overcome How You Think About Yourself.

Cooking Certain Dishes, Like Roast Pork, Reminds Me Of My Mother.

Look For The Beauty In Things.