"The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does. By poetry I mean the imagining of what has been lost and what can be found—the imaginin…"

"I'm a great believer in the power of dreams, and the power of visions, and the power of prophecies."

"I'm a survivor, but I'm not a victim."

"The truth is always an insult or a joke."

"Just because I like to suck cock doesn't make me any less American than Jesse Helms."