The Poetry That Sustains Me Is When

We Should Always Do Something That Makes Us Feel Like A Child Again. Keep Learning, No Matter What It Is.

Equality And Self-determination Should Never Be Divided In The Name Of Religious Or Ideological Fervor.

I Didn't Know Writers Could Be Real Live People, Because I Never Knew Any Writers.

I Grew Up In Ohio, Where Civil-rights Accomplishments Had Already Begun To Accelerate Before Martin Luther King Appeared. In Hindsight, We Know That Many People, Black And White, Were Instrumental In Changing The Jim Crow Status Quo On All Levels.

The First Book: Go Ahead, It Won't Bite. Well... Maybe A Little. More A Nip, Like. A Tingle. It's Pleasurable, Really. You See, It Keeps On Opening. You May Fall In. Sure, It's Hard To Get Started; Remember Learning To Use Knife And Fork? Dig In: You'll Never Reach Bottom. It's Not Like It's The End Of The World -- Just The World As You Think You Know It.