"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."

"I think the job of a writer is to be a witness, to bear witness to the world."

"A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it from going to sleep."

"The only people who see the whole picture are the ones who step outside the frame."

"The world is a place of wonders, but also of horrors. And it's up to us to choose which ones we focus on."