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"I read some, and then visited with people involved in this curious, exciting and somewhat misunderstood sub-culture. I met with a fang maker, who offered to fit me for an exquisite pair."
"There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies."
"I am attracted to people who make this effort in knowing what suits them - they are individual and stylish."
"Now how many people in their heart of hearts in that community want to see the demise of this country? How many would cheer, not out loud maybe, but in their heart when things like 9/11 occur and I'll tell you; it's a majority among them."
"You've got people who are looking at DNA evidence and other evidence like that and they're ignoring it."
"Well, of course, people are only human... But it really does not seem much for them to be."
"Well, first, the situation in Afghanistan is much better than it was. But there is no comparison between Afghanistan and Iraq. Iraq has a bureaucracy, Iraq has wealth. Iraq has an educated class of people who are positioned to come in and take over."
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"I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, sex, and age."
"I believe people may have a predisposition for artistic creativity. It doesn't mean they're going to make it."
"Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a poet."
"People write me from all over the country, asking me, and sometimes even telling me, what they think a poet laureate should do. I found that immensely valuable."
"I have a high guilt quotient. A poem can go through as many as 50 or 60 drafts. It can take from a day to two years-or longer."
"In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process of revision I discover things."
"The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or something."
"Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure."
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