“I've been most happy to be an advocate for the kinds of grassroots things that people are doing who care about poetry.”

“NewsHour' is very interested in poetry, but they're also interested in not just that something's cute to add on at the end of thei...”

“Poetry's a thing that belongs to everyone.”

“I think the biggest thing that I have to do is to remind people that poetry is there for us to turn to not only to remind us that...”

“Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I...”

“I think poetry's always a kind of faith. It is the kind that I have.”

“The people of the future will say, meat-eaters in disgust and regard us in the same way that we regard cannibals and cannibalism.”

“I feel often that we don't have the right language to talk about emotions in disasters. Everyone is on edge, of course, but it als...”

“Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People in the future will be able to pick up Step...”

“There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.”

“A globalized world is by now a familiar fact of life. Building walls or moats may sound appealing, but the future belongs to those...”

“Whatever help we may want from the international community now or in the future, we want to make sure that this help is tailored t...”