The heart of a poet is a mirror that reflects the beauty and the pain of the world.

The dead are always listening. The dead are always watching.

I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man!

The deep, personal material of the latter half of your life is your children. You can write about your parents when they're gone, but your children are still going to be here, and you're going to want them to come and visit you in the nursing home.

处理难以处理的事，越是需要舒缓；对待难以对待的人，越是需要宽厚；处置非常紧急的事情，越是需要从容；处置至关重大的事情，越是需要镇定；处于遭到猜疑妒忌的艰难境地，越是需要胸中坦然，心无牵系。