The Only Advice [for New Writers And

You Must Be Unintimidated By Your Own Thoughts Because If You Write With Someone Looking Over You Shoulder, You'll Never Write.

I Try To Impress Upon My Students The Importance Of Looking, Listening... Paying Attention, In Other Words. You Must Pay Attention.

We Love Because It's The Only True Adventure.

I Just Think She Was A Wonderful Woman. What I Think Of When I Think Of Nina [simone] Is Someone That I Could Relate To, Who Didn't Want Anything From Me, That Could Relate To Me Because I Didn't Want Anything From Her. It Was Nice.

The Poet Melvin B. Tolson Once Said "a Civilization Is Judged Only In Its Decline." That Made Sense To Me. I Would Imagine The Same Is True For Poets And Tennis Players.