I'm a person that just likes to speak the truth, and I don't understand why in America it's such a big deal that we won't read the Koran and we won't look at history.

Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is quite opposite.

Some people are desperately looking for scapegoats, they just don't want to see the truth!

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.

Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.