"Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home."

"Poetry is life distilled."

"When you love a man, he becomes more than a body. His physical limbs expand, and his outline recedes, vanishes. He is rich and sweet and right. He is part of the world, the atmosphere, the blue sky and the blue water."

"I'm an old-school, embarrassing Joni Mitchell fan. Her music made a hook in my soul and hasn't let go for all these years. I even sing her songs as lullabies to my kids."

"Each year, I say I'm going to go to school next year. It's inevitable that I'll end up getting my education."

"Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either."

"It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self critical."