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"To convince oneself that one has the right to live decently takes time."

"The mind of man, moreover, works with equal strangeness upon the body of time. An hour, once it lodges in the queer element of the human spirit, may be stretched to fifty or a hundred times its clock length; on the other hand, an hour may be accurately represented on the timepiece of the mind by one second."

"There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations."
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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."


"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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