I would rather be on the set than doing anything..

It wasn't a deliberate decision to become a poet. It was something I found myself doing - and loving. Language became an addiction..

Poets are seen as the caretakers of language, so working with words no matter what the form is what we do..

Daniel Ellsberg showed tremendous courage back in the 70s..

I am not a Hemingway aficionado..

Whenever you are alone, remind yourself that God has sent everyone else away so that there is only you and Him..

Elvis was the firstest with the mostest..

Love. Resoundingly and absolutely..

There is no such thing as society..

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself..

Ram Mohan Roy would have been a greater reformer and Lokmanya Tilak a greater scholar if they had not to start with the handicap of having to think i….

Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful..

I'm a rageaholic. I just can't live without rageahol..

The flute is a weird instrument, especially when played solo..

I get very antsy when I'm not occupied..

I tend to stay away from the comics..

I work from a personal place, and the work has personal meaning for me..

I've never had the impulse for someone else to translate me into my own language. My impulse has always been to translate someone else into mine..

I get recognized a lot now. It's great..

Failure is part of success..

If a person calls themself 'autistic' and you tell them they have to use 'person first language'... you're not putting the person first..